Atherosclerosis

Thursday, 05 October 2017

Key words: Plaque, atheroma

Starter: 5, 3, 1

Write down:

5 key words from topic 1 so far…

3 components of blood…

1 blood vessel…
The big picture: “How can blood vessels
be damaged?”
Learning outcomes
✔To describe the formation of an
atheroma.
✔To analyse the consequences of
atherosclerosis.
✔To apply knowledge of the disease to
exam questions.
 Atheroma
• Atheroma is the build up of fatty deposits,
mainly LDL cholesterol (“bad cholesterol”)
which forms within the endothelium of an
artery. It can also be called a plaque..
• Once you have an atheroma in your artery you
have the disease known as atherosclerosis.
 Atheroma formation in real human
arteries
Discuss: What possible problems could
an atheroma cause? How might it be
treated?
 How to atheroma's develop?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3kDdg8r6
NY

Using the video and your text book produce a

flow chart showing how an atheroma forms.

Support: Use the success criteria to reach the

highest level possible.
Extra challenge: What problems can
atherosclerosis lead to?
LO: To describe the formation of atheroma's.
To analyse the consequences of atherosclerosis.
 Success criteria
Grade E: Include the following key words-
atheroma, cholesterol, white blood cells,
inflammatory response.
Grade D: Grade E and define the term
atherosclerosis.
Grade C/B: Grade E and D + clearly explain the
stages leading to the formation of an atheroma.
Grade A/A*: Grade E, D, C/B + Evaluate what the
consequences of having atheroma might be, and
how it could be treated.
 Self-assessment
Using the success criteria, give your flow
chart a grade and write yourself a
WWW/EBI/INT.

Homework= Make improvements to your

flow chart using your INT/ Success
criteria to help you.
Past paper question
Peer assessment