Blood Related Disorders
Blood Related Disorders: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as disorders of circulatory system, high blood pressure, angina pectoris and heart failure.
Important Questions on Blood Related Disorders
An adult human with average health has systolic and diastolic pressures as


The following list contains some of the events that lead 'Heart attack'.
A. Blood clot breaks loose and pass along blood vessel.
B. Region of heart muscle suffer myocardial infarction.
C. Narrow branch of coronary artery becomes blocked thrombus.
D. Thrombus forms on inner surface of coronary artery.
The correct sequence of these events is:

Match the following :
List-I | List-II | ||
A) | Angina pectoris | I) | Insufficient pumping of blood |
B) | Heart failure | II) | Accumulation of calcium and cholesterol |
C) | Heart attack | III) | Chest pain |
D) | CAD | IV) | Localised death of heart tissue |
V) | Elevated blood pressure |
The correct match is

In which condition, heart is unable to supply blood to body tissues sufficiently ?

Match the columns.
Column-I | Column-II | ||
(A) | Heart failure | (1) | Heart muscle is suddenly damaged by an inadequate blood supply. |
(B) | Cardiac arrest | (2) | Chest pain due to inadequate reaching the heart muscles. |
(C) | Heart attack | (3) | Atherosclerosis |
(D) | Coronary artery disease |
(4) | Heart not pumping blood effectively enough to meet the needs of body (CAD). |
(E) | Angina pectoris |
(5) | Heart stops beating. |

Find the incorrect matching.

Which of the following is true about hypertension?

Which one of the following value indicates hypertension?

Weak pulse in leg is a sign of __________.

The elasticity of artery increases with an increase in age.

High-density lipoproteins (HDL) are associated with high rates of CHD.

High blood pressure does not have any effect on CHD.

CHD is caused due to the deposition of fat known as plaque in the wall of one or more coronary arteries.

Which artery provides blood to the cardiac muscle, whether coronary artery or pulmonary artery?

An adult human with average health has systolic and diastolic pressures as

Assertion: Blood pressure is arterial blood pressure.
Reason: It is measured by a sphygmomanometer.

Heaviness with severe chest pain which may disappear with rest indicates

Increase in blood pressure is due to:

Which one of the following is incorrect for 'atherosclerosis"
