Sports Nutrition Basics. Part 5 - Pre & Post Competition Eating. Long gone are the days when athletes thought that eating a big steak before a game would give them lots of energy. Today's elite sports men and women follow a strict diet, particularly on the day of a competitive match or event.
An artery (plural arteries) (from Greek á¼ÏÏÎ·ÏÎ¯Î± (artÄria), meaning 'windpipe, artery') is a blood vessel that takes oxygenated blood from the heart to all parts of the body. The two exceptions to this rule are the pulmonary and the umbilical arteries.
Arteries. A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to tissues and organs in the body. Carotid Arteries. Major arteries that carry blood from the heart to the head. There is a carotid artery on each side of the neck, and each one splits into two branches.arotid artery disease is serious because it can cause a stroke, also called a  brain attack .. A stroke occurs if blood flow to your brain is cut off. If blood flow is cut off for more than a few minutes, the cells in your brain start to die.