Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

3. A condition in which a blood vessel that feeds the brain is clogged, leading to blood flow disruption to the brain.
4. Triglyceride-transporting molecules.
5. Procedure in which a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted and the inflated to widen the inner lumen of the artery.
10. Low blood pressure.
13. (fats) Cholesterol and triglycerides.
15. An excessive accumulation of body fat, usually at least 30 percent above recommended body weight.
16. A measure of the force exerted against the walls of the vessels by he blood flowing through them.
17. Fats formed by glycerol and three fatty acids; also called free fatty acids.
18. Includes all agricultural commodities that undergo processing (cooking, canning, freezing, dehydration, or milling) or addition of another ingredient.

1. The inability of the cells to respond appropriately to insulin.
2. Fight-or-flight hormones, including epinephrine and norepinephrine.
6. Irregular heart rhythms.
7. A waxy substance, technically a steroid alcohol, found only in animal fats and oil and used in making cell membranes, as a building black for some hormones, in the fatty sheath around nerve fibers, and in other necessary substances.
8. Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, a condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin; also known as juvenile diabetes.
9. chronically elevated blood pressure.
11. A hormone secreted by he pancreas; essential for proper metabolism of blood glucose (sugar) and maintenance of blood glucose level.
12. Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, a condition in which insulin is not processed properly; also known as adult-onset diabetes.
14. Heart muscle