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Question

Thickening of arteries due to cholesterol deposition is

Options

A.arteriosclerosis
B.rheumatic heart
C.blood pressure
D.cardiac arrest.

Solution

High proportion of cholestrol in blood leads to deposition of cholesterol on the walls of blood vesseles. this caused the arteries to lose their elasticity and get stifferned. This is called arteriosclerioslerosis or harding of artries.

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