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Condition in which blood flow to a part of the heart is blocked causing cells to die?
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When an artery to the heart is blocked, it is called a heart attack.
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What system does a stroke affect?
By definition a stroke affects the brain by blocking small arteries that carry blood to the cells and deliver nutrients and oxygen. These become blocked and the cells that the artery is leading to, die. A similar thing happens when arteries to the heart muscle cells that are blocked causing a heart attack.
What blood cells comabat disease-causing germs?
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Why is a blood supply to the cells in the heart essential?
If the blood supply to the heart muscles is blocked, a heart attack is likely.
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Granulocytopenia-- A condition characterized by a deficiency of white blood cells.
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How does a blocked artery cause less oxygen to reach the heart?
Arteries carry blood, oxygenated by the lungs, to the cells of the body. Since the heart is a large muscle, its cells need oxygen too. When one of the arteries supplying the heart with oxygenated blood is blocked ("occluded") the oxygen cannot reach the cells supplied by that artery.
What is the condition of red blood cells that appear like stacked coins?
The condition is called "Rouleaux".
