Chapter 10: PREVENTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

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Across
  1. 6. A disease in which the body doesn't produce or utilize insulin properly.
  2. 8. Fight-or-flight hormones, including epinephrine and norepinephrine.
  3. 9. Heart attack; damage to or death of an area of the heart muscle as a result of an obstructed artery to that area.
  4. 10. Low blood pressure.
  5. 11. Irregular heart rhythms.
Down
  1. 1. Fatty/cholesterol deposits in the walls of the arteries leading to formation of plaque.
  2. 2. A waxy substance, technically a steroid alcohol, found only in animal fats and oil; used in making cell membranes, as a building block for some hormones, in the fatty sheath around nerve fibers, and other necessary substances.
  3. 3. resistance Inability of the cells to respond appropriately to insulin.
  4. 4. Condition in which a blood vessel that feeds the brain ruptures or is clogged, leading to blood flow disruption to the brain.
  5. 5. A condition characterized by slightly elevated blood glucose levels.
  6. 7. An array of metabolic abnormalities that contribute to the development of atherosclerosis triggered by insulin resistance. These conditions include low HDL cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, and an increased blood-clotting mechanism.