Across
- 2. having an illness persisting for a long time or constantly recurring
- 6. conditions that last 1 year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both.
- 8. a procedure used to open blocked coronary arteries caused by coronary artery disease
- 9. the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another
- 11. Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer disease are examples
- 12. a condition that is present from birth
- 14. he buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on the artery walls
Down
- 1. not transmissible by direct contact
- 3. the thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, occurring typically in old age
- 4. health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy
- 5. attack when the flow of oxygen-rich blood in one or more of the coronary arteries, which supply the heart muscle, suddenly becomes blocked
- 7. occurs when something blocks blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts
- 10. blood pressure that is higher than normal.
- 13. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood