APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

ANATOMY

CHEST AND CARDIOVASCULAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the Adaptation called when your heart gets bigger?
A
Vasoconstriction
B
Hypertension
C
Capillarisation
D
Cardiac Hypertrophy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first on the list of adaptations the heart will experience when challenged by chronic exercise is cardiac hypertrophy. That translates into an increase in the size of the heart muscle, specifically the muscular left ventricle which is responsible for pumping blood through the entire body.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is usually caused by changes in genes (gene mutations) that cause the heart muscle to thicken. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy typically affects the muscular wall (septum) between the two bottom chambers of the heart (ventricles). The thickened wall might block blood flow out of the heart.

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