​Matching -​Transient Ischemic Attacks

question 62

Multiple Choice

​Matching
-​transient ischemic attacks

• A)​sudden death of brain cells due to impaired blood flow to the brain or rupture of an artery in the brain
• B)​an amino acid produced during the conversion of methionine to cysteine
• C)abnormal heart rhythms
• D)​hypertension with an unknown cause
• E)​brief ischemic strokes that cause short-term neurological symptoms
• F)​the formation or presence of a blood clot in blood vessels
• G)​able to initiate or promote atherosclerosis
• H)​a chronic, progressive disease characterized by obstructed blood flow in the coronary arteries
• I)​strokes caused by bleeding within the brain, which destroys or compresses brain tissue
• J)​an abnormal enlargement or bulging of a blood vessel (usually an artery) caused by weakness in the blood vessel wall
• K)​severe malnutrition that develops in heart failure patients
• L)​a condition characterized by the heart's inability to pump adequate blood to the body's cells, resulting in fluid accumulation in the tissues
• M)​inadequate blood supply within a tissue due to obstructed blood flow
• N)​an abnormal particle, such as a blood clot or air bubble, that travels in the blood
• O)​death of heart muscle caused by a sudden obstruction in blood flow
• P)​the volume of blood pumped by the heart within a specified period of time
• Q)​elevated blood triglyceride levels
• R)​hypertension that results from a known physiological abnormality
• S)​cells that line the inner surfaces of blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and body cavities
• T)​strokes caused by the obstruction of blood flow to brain tissue

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Definitions:

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