KIN 2504 Final Exam
1. What is Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)?: Used to describe the diseases of the heart and the blood vessels caused by a
build up of waxy fatty-like build up in the blood flow
2. What disease is known as the #1 killer in the United States today?: CVD (Cardiovascular disease)
3. Across all age groups among the Americans how many people have some form of CVD?: 1/3
4. How does CVD affect the body?: It affects the heart and blood vessels
5. What are the concerns of CVD affecting the heart and blood vessels?: Diminishes the cardiovascular system's ability to
deliver oxygen, nutrients and energy to cells and remove carbon dioxide and other wastes from cells
6. What is a major factor in many forms of CVD?: Atherosclerosis
7. What is atherosclerosis?: Hardening or stiffening of the arteries due to abnormal waxy fatty accumulations
8. What are seven most common forms of CVD?: Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD),
Angina Pectoris, Arrhythmias, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Congenital Heart Disease, and Stroke
9. What is hypertension?: Technical and medical term for High blood pressure
10. What are some common forms hypertension?: Sleep apnea, stress, family history, athero-
sclerosis, and too much sodium
11. What is the most common form of CVD?: Hypertension
12. What is systolic pressure?: Pressure against the heart when it contracts
13. What is diastolic pressure?: Pressure against the heart when it relaxes
14. What is the recommended blood pressure?: 120/80
15. What is the cut-off for blood pressure?: 140/90
16. What is the greatest killer of all forms of CVD?: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and (CAD) 17. What is Coronary heart
disease (CHD) and (CAD)?: When atherosclerosis builds up in the coronary arteries or its branches
18. What is a coronary by-pass?: A doctor takes a vein from the patients forearm or leg and they sew a new strip of
vessel where that block artery is and reroute blood flow
19. What is Angina Pectoris?: Technical term for chest pain
20. What is ischemia?: reduced and lack of blood flow
21. The pain of Angina Pectoris ranges from what to what?: from slight indigestion to feeling like your chest is being
crushed
22 What is arrhythmias?: Irregular heart beat
, 23. What is fibrillation?: The heart muscle is quivering and in the chest
24. What do you do to help someone with Arrhythmias?: You are going to shock the individual to get the beat back on
track, if you don't they will die
25. What is congestive heart failure (CHF)?: Condition where the heart muscle is damaged or over worked, it is too
weak to keep up with blood circulation
26. What are the affects of congestive heart failure?: Causes congestion, fluid build up in your
tissues, and makes it hard to breathe
27. What is congenital heart disease?: A heart disease present at birth
28. What are some causes of Congenital heart disease?: If the mother was exposed to certain infection or drank during
pregnancy
29. What is a stroke?: Sudden loss of function in a certain region of the brain because there is either a blockage or a
rupture in the vessel
30. What is a hemorrhagic?: A vessel in the brain ruptures or burst, which causes the blood supply to not go where it
needs to go
31. What depends on how a person recovers from a stroke?: The type of stroke and its location
32. What are some of the main risk factors for CVD?: Tobacco use, hypertension, high levels
of fats in your blood, being overweight, physical inactivity, diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome
33. Because of tobacco use, we have approximately _____ deaths a year: 50,000 34. Cigarette smokers are up to __ times as
likely to develop a cardiovascular diseases than a nonsmoker: 4 times
35. What is hyperlipidemia?: Elevated fats in the blood
36. What causes LDL to be elevated?: A diet high in saturated fats and trans fats
37. LDL, Low-density lipoproteins (Good/Bad)?: Bad
38. HDL, High-density lipoproteins (Good/Bad)?: Good
39. Approximately __ percent of all diabetics will die from some form of _______
_______.: 60%, Cardiovascular Disease
40. What does metabolic syndrome refer to?: A cluster of obesity related risk factors that are associated with
cardiovascular disease and Type II diabetes
41. Approximately __ million adult Americans have a metabolic syndrome: 48 million
42 What are the risks factors for CVD that you cannot control?: Heredity, age, gender, and race
43. 75% of heart attacks happens over the age __: 65
1. What is Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)?: Used to describe the diseases of the heart and the blood vessels caused by a
build up of waxy fatty-like build up in the blood flow
2. What disease is known as the #1 killer in the United States today?: CVD (Cardiovascular disease)
3. Across all age groups among the Americans how many people have some form of CVD?: 1/3
4. How does CVD affect the body?: It affects the heart and blood vessels
5. What are the concerns of CVD affecting the heart and blood vessels?: Diminishes the cardiovascular system's ability to
deliver oxygen, nutrients and energy to cells and remove carbon dioxide and other wastes from cells
6. What is a major factor in many forms of CVD?: Atherosclerosis
7. What is atherosclerosis?: Hardening or stiffening of the arteries due to abnormal waxy fatty accumulations
8. What are seven most common forms of CVD?: Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD),
Angina Pectoris, Arrhythmias, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Congenital Heart Disease, and Stroke
9. What is hypertension?: Technical and medical term for High blood pressure
10. What are some common forms hypertension?: Sleep apnea, stress, family history, athero-
sclerosis, and too much sodium
11. What is the most common form of CVD?: Hypertension
12. What is systolic pressure?: Pressure against the heart when it contracts
13. What is diastolic pressure?: Pressure against the heart when it relaxes
14. What is the recommended blood pressure?: 120/80
15. What is the cut-off for blood pressure?: 140/90
16. What is the greatest killer of all forms of CVD?: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and (CAD) 17. What is Coronary heart
disease (CHD) and (CAD)?: When atherosclerosis builds up in the coronary arteries or its branches
18. What is a coronary by-pass?: A doctor takes a vein from the patients forearm or leg and they sew a new strip of
vessel where that block artery is and reroute blood flow
19. What is Angina Pectoris?: Technical term for chest pain
20. What is ischemia?: reduced and lack of blood flow
21. The pain of Angina Pectoris ranges from what to what?: from slight indigestion to feeling like your chest is being
crushed
22 What is arrhythmias?: Irregular heart beat
, 23. What is fibrillation?: The heart muscle is quivering and in the chest
24. What do you do to help someone with Arrhythmias?: You are going to shock the individual to get the beat back on
track, if you don't they will die
25. What is congestive heart failure (CHF)?: Condition where the heart muscle is damaged or over worked, it is too
weak to keep up with blood circulation
26. What are the affects of congestive heart failure?: Causes congestion, fluid build up in your
tissues, and makes it hard to breathe
27. What is congenital heart disease?: A heart disease present at birth
28. What are some causes of Congenital heart disease?: If the mother was exposed to certain infection or drank during
pregnancy
29. What is a stroke?: Sudden loss of function in a certain region of the brain because there is either a blockage or a
rupture in the vessel
30. What is a hemorrhagic?: A vessel in the brain ruptures or burst, which causes the blood supply to not go where it
needs to go
31. What depends on how a person recovers from a stroke?: The type of stroke and its location
32. What are some of the main risk factors for CVD?: Tobacco use, hypertension, high levels
of fats in your blood, being overweight, physical inactivity, diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome
33. Because of tobacco use, we have approximately _____ deaths a year: 50,000 34. Cigarette smokers are up to __ times as
likely to develop a cardiovascular diseases than a nonsmoker: 4 times
35. What is hyperlipidemia?: Elevated fats in the blood
36. What causes LDL to be elevated?: A diet high in saturated fats and trans fats
37. LDL, Low-density lipoproteins (Good/Bad)?: Bad
38. HDL, High-density lipoproteins (Good/Bad)?: Good
39. Approximately __ percent of all diabetics will die from some form of _______
_______.: 60%, Cardiovascular Disease
40. What does metabolic syndrome refer to?: A cluster of obesity related risk factors that are associated with
cardiovascular disease and Type II diabetes
41. Approximately __ million adult Americans have a metabolic syndrome: 48 million
42 What are the risks factors for CVD that you cannot control?: Heredity, age, gender, and race
43. 75% of heart attacks happens over the age __: 65
