| A | B |
|---|
| blood pressure | measurement of the pressure exerted by blood on the walls of blood vessels |
| fats | substances that provide energy & building materials for the body |
| cholesterol | fatlike substance found in all animals, including humans |
| saturated fat | type of fat that is solid at room temperature (ex. butter, cheese, meat & egg yolks) |
| monosaturated fat | type of fat found in some vegetable products, including olive oil, peanut oil and peaut butter |
| polyunsaturated fat | a type of fat found in some vegetable foods and fish (ex. corn oil, almonds, mayonnaise, soybean oil & fish) |
| intake | how much you take into your body (ex. fat intake) |
| plaque | buildup of cholesterol in your arteries |
| arteries | large blood vessels that carry blood to all parts of the body |
| transfats | artificially produced solid fats |
| controversial | a topic that causes a lot of disagreement becuase people have different opinions on it |
| olestra | fat substitute |
| veins | blood vessels that take blood to the heart |
| aorta | large artery |
| valve | gate to your heart |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| atherosclerosis | hardening of the arteries |
| systolic pressure | upper number (of blood pressure) that indidcates the pressure the ventricles exert when they are contracting |
| diastolic pressure | lower number (of blood pressure) that indicates the pressure hwen the ventricles are relaxing |
| heart attack | when an artery that supplies blood to the heart becomes blocked |
| stroke | when an artery that supplies blood to the brain becomes blocked |
| LDL | low-density lipoproteins that deliver cholesterol to the body |
| HDL | high-density lipoproteins that remove cholesterol rrom the body |
