0
What happens during a heart attack and what is the effect of a heart attack on heart cells?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
In a heart attack, the arteries are clogged up, and the heart cannot get blood circulation. It starts when a nick is created in the arteries. Floating LDL (bad cholesterol) binds up onto the nick, and white blood cells detect the bump, and responds by "eating" the LDL. However, the white blood cells get stuck ther that makes it grow even larger. Soon, the plaque ruptures, and it floats down the bloodstream. It settles in a different location, where it is blocking the bloodstream. If it settles in a critical location, then a heart attack ensues.
A heart attack causes the heart to not be able to circulate blood. Without blood, people die.
The best thing to do is to get more HDL (good cholesterol). It acts as a remover of excess LDL. You also can lower high blood pressure, if you have it.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Do you bleed from the mouth during a heart attack?
Not from the heart attack itself. In a heart attack, the heart is deprived of oxygen from the blockage of a coronary artery. This does not usually cause bleeding, but it does cause the death of the muscle cells if they don't get oxygen.
Can you live if you have a massive heart attack?
No you may not fully recover from a heart attack. The reason being is that the heart has cells that are amitotic. Amitotic cells cannot be replaced. Once a heart attack occurs some cells die and cannot be replaced making the heart weaker.
How does the progression of atherosclerosis leads to heart attack-?
The progression of atherosclerosis leads to heart attack when the artery wall thickens as a result of the accumulation of white blood cells.
How ink poisoning effect your body?
it gets deeep in your body and messes with your blood cells
What happens with your cells when you get a tattoo?
well a tattoo is really a scar so your cells are hurt then they heal themselves if you have any other questions please contact me
What happens to the distribution of chloroplasts during plasmolysis?
The chloroplasts have clumped into the middle. This demonstrates the effect on a hypertonic solution on living cells. :)
What happens to cells in potato's during cooking?
the thing that happens to cells iin potato's during cooking is the cells get burned out and die:>
What happens to cells during determination?
stem cells
What happens to the size of the cells during zygote development?
your mom happens
What happens during the G hase?
What happens during the G2 phase is that cells grow rapidly and make protein.
What happens during cytokinesis in animal cells?
two new daughter cells are formed
What happens when people are unable to produce enough AAT?
enzymes of white cells attack the alveoli
What happens during telopase?
the cell divides into to daughter cells
What happens to cells that are engulfed during endosymbiosis?
They become organelles
What happens to plant cells during elongation?
They start to differentiate.
What happens to cells during frostbite?
The cells will freeze, and likely die, especially when accompanied by rubbing when frozen.
What happens during the s phase of the cells?
cell duplicates its DNA
