Blood vessel - carry blood to and from the heart, Artery - carries oxygen rich blood from the heart to all the organs of the body, Vein - carries oxygen poor blood from all the organs of the body back to the heart, Pulse - heart beat, Heart rate - the rate at which the heart beats, Cardiovascular - diseases of the blood and blood vessels, Atherosclerosis - hardening of the walls of the arteries due to plaque formation, Plaque - substance made up of fat, cholesterol and other things that sits in the arteries and with time hardens., Blood Clot - normally form close to where plaque ruptures, Cholesterol - fat like substance found in all the cells of the body as well as inside blood, HDL - good cholesterol, carries harmful cholesterol out from the arteries, LDL - bad cholesterol, high levels can lead to plaque formation, Diabetes - a chronic, incurable disease that results when the body either does not produce enough insulin or the body cannot properly use the insulin it does make, Gestational - a form of mild diabetes that some women develop during pregnancy, Insulin - a hormone that helps the body use energy from foods; insulin acts like a gatekeeper opening gates on cell membranes so that glucose can flow into the cell and be used immediately for energy., Pancreas - makes insulin and enzymes for digestion, Type 1 - diabetes which usually appears in children, Type 2  - diabetes which accounts for about 90% of all patients with diabetes; the body produces insulin, but the cells stop properly latching that insulin into place on the cell membrane so that it can open the gates for glucose to flow through, Glucose - a simple sugar that human cells use for energy, Prevalence - percentage of people that have a specific disease at a given point in time,

Unit 3 Vocabularies

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