How much do you know about Heart?

Your Heart: How Much Do you Know about it?

Answer the following questions to find out how much you know about your heart and its functioning.

1.       Where does the heart normally lie?

a.       On the right side of the chest

b.      More to the left

c.       In the centre of the chest

2.       Where do we experience the heart beat to be the strongest?

a.       In the centre of the heart

b.      A little on the left side

c.       A little on the right side of the chest

3.       The heart is supplied blood through arteries known as

a.       Capillaries

b.      Coronaries

c.        Carotids

4.       The chest is often examined by the doctors through an instrument called

a.       Sphygmomanometer

b.      Stethoscope

c.       Angioscope

5.       The procedure to study the blood vessels of the hart is –

a.       Arteriography

b.      Angiography

c.       Venography

The more times you answer (b), the more you are correct and seem to know about your heart.

Pain

Cardiac	Non-cardiac
Tightness	Sharp
Pressure	Knife-like
Weight	Stabbing
Constriction	Like a stitch
Ache	Like a needle
Dull	Pricking feeling
Squeezing feeling	Shooting
Soreness	Reproduced by pressure or position
Crushing	Can walk around with it
Like a band Breathless	Continuous