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FlashCards por esther.babatunde, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por esther.babatunde
quase 11 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| What element of smoking increases blood pressure? | Carbon monoxide and nicotine |
| Effects of carbon monoxide in the body | Carbon monoxide combines with haemoglobin reducing the amount of oxygen its able to carry tissues don't get enough oxygen therefore heart rate increases. |
| Why does blood pressure increase when nicotine is present? | It causes heart rate to increase this increases rate of contraction increasing blood pressure |
| What is heart disease? | Any known disease which affects the heart e.g Hear attacks |
| Cholesterol is needed in the body. Why? What bad effects does it have on the body? | Its needed to making cell membranes. However in excess build up in arteries narrowing it. This restricts blood flow causing a heart attack |
| Main cause of an heart attack | When an already narrowed coronary arteries is further blocked by a blood cloth (thrombosis) cutting of oxygen supply to the heart |
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