New Dimensions In Women's Health Chap 10

Front 1

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) consists of what two major diseases?

Back 1

Heart disease and stroke

Front 2

How many chambers does the heart have?

Back 2

Four

Front 3

The vessels that supply blood to nourish the heart are the __________________.

Back 3

coronary arteries

Front 4

What do the pulmonary arteries do?

Back 4

They carry oxygen-poor blood to the lungs.

Front 5

Atrial and ventricular fibrillation occur when ________________.

Back 5

the electric signals of the heart misfire or fire irregularly

Front 6

What is the clinical term used to describe a heart attack?

Back 6

Myocardial infarction

Front 7

Congestive heart failure occurs when ______________________.

Back 7

heart muscles lack the strength to properly pump blood

Front 8

A brief memory lapse followed by a temporary loss of vision in one eye is most likely to be a warning sign of ________________.

Back 8

a stroke

Front 9

About _______ of people suffering a stroke reach the hospital in time for the most effective treatments.

Back 9

3% to 5%

Front 10

___________ refers to the invasion and spread of cancer cells from a malignant tumor to nearby tissues and distant organs.

Back 10

Metastasis

Front 11

The first site of metastasis is most likely to occur in the ____________________.

Back 11

lymph nodes, lungs, or liver

Front 12

___________ cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in American women.

Back 12

Lung

Front 13

The deadliest cancer of the female reproductive system is _________ cancer.

Back 13

ovarian

Front 14

A woman who has been diagnosed with a 3 cm breast tumor that has remained localized to the breast area would be diagnosed as having what stage of breast cancer?

Back 14

Stage II

Front 15

Regular mammographies _____________________.

Back 15

may detect some breast tumors that cannot be felt by breast self-examinations

Front 16

For women who menstruate, when should breast self-examinations be performed?

Back 16

Two to three days after a period ends

Front 17

_____ is standard surgical treatment for most breast cancers that require removal of the breast.

Back 17

Modified radical mastectomy

Front 18

In most cases, cervical dysplasia is ____________________.

Back 18

a benign growth

Front 19

Fibroids, benign tumors composed of muscular and fibrous material in the uterus, are the most common ___________________.

Back 19

reason women receive hysterectomies

Front 20

Endometrial cancer could also accurately be referred to as _____________.

Back 20

uterine cancer

Front 21

Ovarian cancer is the __________________________.

Back 21

deadliest cancer of the reproductive system

Front 22

Cigarette smoking is responsible for approximately what percentage of lung cancer deaths?

Back 22

90%