| 1. Accumulation of material in the walls of arteries.
5. Another word for blood sugar.
7. Issues that make you more likely to develop a disease; some you can change, some you can't (two words).
9. Also called the "bad" kind of cholesterol.
10. Your blood pressure when the heart is filling between beats - also the second number you hear when your blood pressure is checked.
11. A metal mesh tube sometimes surgically inserted into narrowed arteries to improve blood flow through them.
12. Another word for a blood clot.
13. A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
14. Major arteries leading up your neck to your brain.
16. Also called the "good" kind of cholesterol.
18. A score of 30 or more on the body mass index indicates that a person is this.
19. Walking, swimming, and dancing are this kind of exercise.
20. A myocardial infarction is better known as this (two words).
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2. A score of 25 to 29.9 on the body mass index indicates that a person is this.
3. The blood pressure when your heart is contracting - also the first number you hear when you have your blood pressure checked.
4. Sometimes called a "brain attack."
6. The word describing your heart and the "pipes" connected to it.
8. A "clump" of substance that has built up in an artery through the process of atherosclerosis.
11. One of the kinds of fat you should limit in your diet, since it's the main dietary cause of high cholesterol; found in red meat and full-fat dairy foods.
15. Discomfort or pain in the chest caused by insufficient blood flow; the "stable" form of this happens during exertion or stress.
17. Blood vessel that carries blood back toward the heart.
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