Cardio test

Question 1

What type of blood vessels carry blood to the far reaches of the body?

Answer 1

Muscular arteries

These have proportionately thicker walls.

Question 2

How many chambers are in the heart?

Answer 2

Four

Question 3

What is the approximate size of the heart?

Answer 3

Equal to a fist

Question 4

What age range does the heart reach its full adult size?

Answer 4

12-25

Question 5

What are the largest arteries that stretch and relax with the beats of the heart?

Answer 5

Elastic arteries

Question 6

What are short connecting vessels that attach to approximately 20-100 capillaries?

Answer 6

Metarterioles

Question 7

Which chamber receives blood from one of the vena cavae?

Answer 7

Right atrium

Question 8

Which chamber pumps blood into the left ventricle?

Answer 8

Left atrium

Question 9

Which chamber is responsible for pressurizing the systemic circuit?

Answer 9

Left ventricle

Question 10

Which chamber pumps deoxygenated blood received from one of the atria?

Answer 10

Right ventricle

Question 11

Is it true that approximately 2/3 of the mass of the heart is to the left of the midline of the body?

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Is it true that adult heart mass is 1/1000 of body weight?

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Is it true that the heart is closer to the posterior side of the body?

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Do both atria receive deoxygenated blood?

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Do the terms bicuspid and mitral refer to the left AV valve?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

What results from a lack of oxygen to a body part?

Answer 16

Ischemic tissue

This condition indicates tissue damage due to insufficient oxygen.

Question 17

What is a myocardial infarction?

Answer 17

A heart attack resulting from the death of heart muscle

Question 18

Is it true that no cell is far removed from a capillary?

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What causes pericarditis?

Answer 19

The rubbing of the visceral and parietal layers of the pericardium

Question 20

Are pig parts occasionally used to repair human hearts?

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Can atherosclerosis be prevented with a proper diet?

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What is gangrene a result of?

Answer 22

Severe cases of ischemia due to peripheral vascular disease

Question 23

Are stents artificial pathways that help keep vessels closed?

Answer 23

False

Question 24

What causes varicose veins?

Answer 24

Incompetent valves

Question 25

What is a hemorrhoid?

Answer 25

A varicose vein of the anal canal that can be caused by severe defecation pressure

Question 26

Will blood divert to areas of higher need?

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Are the blood vessels in the human body always at capacity?

Answer 27

False

Question 28

As a result of hemodynamics, will cells that are more active receive a greater supply of blood?

Answer 28

True

Question 29

What drives blood flow from one area to another?

Answer 29

The pressure gradient between the right atrium and the left ventricle

Question 30

What does the acronym CPR mean?

Answer 30

Cardio pulmonary resuscitation

Question 31

What structure provides collateral protection against coronary artery disease?

Answer 31

Anastomosis

Question 32

What is the result of a mitral valve prolapse?

Answer 32

Aortic regurgitation

Question 33

Which structure is the muscular wall of the heart?

Answer 33

Myocardium

Question 34

Which structure is responsible for initiating the conduction of electrical impulse through heart tissue?

Answer 34

Sinoatrial node

Question 35

Which of the following is not a risk factor concerning hypertension?

Answer 35

None of the above

Question 36

Which location would not be good to take a pulse?

Answer 36

Thigh

Question 37

What makes the sound heard during systolic contraction?

Answer 37

Ventricular contraction

Question 38

what are the 6 baby

Answer 38

1. Umbilical arteries: carry blood to the fetus. 2. Placenta: location of nutrition and oxygen exchange between maternal and fetal, but no mixing of blood. 3. Umbilical vein: carries oxygenated blood from placenta to fetus. 4.Ductus venosus: carries oxygenated blood to the inferior vena cava. 5.foramen ovale: hole that allows bypass of the fetal lungs. 6. Ductus arteriosus: pulmonary artery that allows bypass of fetal lungs

Question 39

Sphygmomanometer short answer question

Answer 39

Pump sphygmomanometer until beyond 120/ beyond patients blood pressure limit, take out stethoscope, place it on the artery, release blood pressure little by little, use it to find the systolic blood pressure then wait more to find the diastolic