This article is about how many women live with cardiovascular disease and they are unaware of the dangers of it. An estimated 42 million women live with cardiovascular disease. The leading cause of death in American women is heart disease. Within one year of a first recognized heart attack, twenty three percent of women will die. Within five years twenty-two to thirty-two percent of women that are heart attack survivors will die. Men are more likely to receive the appropriate treatment after a heart attack. By smoking cigarettes there is a bigger increase of dying from heart disease, it increases two to three times. Women that have diabetes have a huge chance of getting heart attacks. To prevent from getting cardiovascular disease is to eat healthier. Eat more fruits and vegetables and other food that is in soluble fiber which can reduce bad cholesterol. Be aware of your fat intake because foods that have a high fat intake will higher your cholesterol.
It is good to limit your saturated fat intake to no more than 15 grams daily and of how much you consume of trans fats to 0 grams daily. Two main types of helpful dietary fat are monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat. Monounsaturated fat is a type of fat that can be found in a variety of foods and oils, and a polyunsaturated fat is a type of fat that is mostly found in plant-based foods and oils. There is evidence that proves that by eating food that is rich in polyunsaturated fats it improves your blood cholesterol levels that can decrease your risk of heart disease. Other important factors to decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease is aerobic exercise, eliminating tobacco abuse and regular visits to your doctor. I need to make sure and take really good care of my heart, so make sure you take really good care of your heart also :)
Link: http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/06/health/women-take-care-of-your-heart/
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
The Heart Dissection Lab
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| A Sheep's Heart |
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| A Cow's Heart |
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| A Pig's Heart |
We measured the measurments of the heart.
Right Atrium- 9cm
Right Ventricle- 8cm
Outer Wall- 5cm
Aorta- 4.5cm
Pulmonary Trunk- 5cm
Left Atrium- 7cm
Left Ventricle- 10cm
Reflection Questions:
- The blood vessel that has the thickest walls are the arteries because of the amount of blood it has to carry.
-After viewing the cardiac muscle prepared slide under the microscope the cardiac muscle was striated.
- The danger of having this atherosclerotic plaque on the coronary artery is that it will block the blood flow.
- The heart closed reasembles the pigs because of the simparity between them , but most of the hearts have similar structures.
- Many differences that I observed in the heart specimens are as obvious as sight but the smaller parts are different from each other but basically the same expect for the smaller details.
- Adaptive reasons for these reasons is that animals hearts are adapted to fit the lifestyle and have larger arteries to pump blood faster while the heart of a human is smaller and compacted to fix our size.
By doing this lab I learned about the structure of the heart in animals. I learned more about arteries and what all is found in the heart more in depth. I gained knowledge about a sheep's, cow's, and a pig's heart. I learned that the heart in these three types of animals all have a similar structure. It was fun measuring the things that are found in the heart of how big it was and how thick it was. A human's heart is very similar to that of a pig, sheep, and a cow in which that was neat to learn about and explore it.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
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