cardiovascular

Question 1

the _ slide of the heart transports blood to the lungs/ pump into the pulmonary circuit

Answer 1

right

Question 2

blood from the _ side of the hart is pumped into the body/pump the systemic circuit

Answer 2

left

Question 3

separates the right atrium and ventricle

Answer 3

tricuspid valve

Question 4

separates the left atrium and ventricle

Answer 4

mitral valve

Question 5

connected to the pulmonary artery on the right

Answer 5

pulmonary valve

Question 6

controls flow to the aorta

Answer 6

aortic valve

Question 7

carry blood to the tissues via a high-pressure system

Answer 7

arteries

Question 8

return blood to the atria under much lower pressure

Answer 8

veins

Question 9

electrical stimulus through the atria (atrial depolarization)

Answer 9

P wave

Question 10

time between stimuli of atria and ventricles

Answer 10

PR interval

Question 11

stimuli traveling through ventricles (ventricular depolarization)

Answer 11

QRS complex

Question 12

ventricular repolarization (relaxing)

Answer 12

ST segment and T wave

Question 13

final stage of ventricular repolarization

Answer 13

U wave

Question 14

trauma to the chest wall that interrupts the electrical impulse in the heart; common cause of traumatic sudden cardiac death

Answer 14

commotio cordis

Question 15

abnormally hypertrophied but nondilated left ventricle in the absence of physiological conditions; symptoms: fatigue, dyspnea, exertional angina and syncope; leading cause of sudden cardiac death in US under 35 years old

Answer 15

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Question 16

characterized by either an aberrant coronary artery takeoff or the complete absence of a coronary artery

Answer 16

coronary artery abnormalities

Question 17

an autosomal dominant, heritable disorder of connective tissue that involves multiple organ systems

Answer 17

marfan sydrome

Question 18

aortic dissection and rupture along with severe aortic regurgitation account for the majority of death in adolescents and adults with _

Answer 18

marfan sydrome

Question 19

an inflammatory acute or chronic disease process of the cardiac myocytes, often resulting from enteroviral infections, must commonly coxsackievirus B

Answer 19

myocarditis

Question 20

dysfunction arises from inflammation of the myocardium, with necrosis or degeneration of adjacent myocytes

Answer 20

myocarditis

Question 21

impaired left ventricular outflow with compensatory hypertrophy of the interventricular septum and left ventricular free wall; commonly related to a bicuspid valve malformation

Answer 21

congenital aortic stenosis

Question 22

usually in women; chest pain, heart palpitations, and uncharacteristic shortness of breath; syncope

Answer 22

mitral valve prolapse (MVP)

Question 23

when the electrical pathway of the heart malfunctions without warning

Answer 23

arrythmias

Question 24

ventricular preexcitation and tachycardia resulting from electrical conduction over accessory pathways; characterized by a short PR interval and a prolonged QRS complex with a distinctive early depolarization

Answer 24

wolff-parkinson-white syndrome

Question 25

ventricular repolarization abnormally that can be idiopathic or acquired

Answer 25

long QT syndrome

Question 26

elevated blood pressure results from increases in total peripheral resistance with _

Answer 26

hypertension

Question 27

condition in which a blood clot becomes lodged in a large vein; results in venous blockage with stasis distal to the clot

Answer 27

deep vein thrombosis

Question 28

occurs when a blood clot becomes lodged in one of the pulmonary blood vessels; complication of a DVT

Answer 28

pulmonary embolus

Question 29

caused by the atherosclerosis which is where fatty plaques are deposited into the walls of the arteries or vasculature

Answer 29

peripheral arterial disease

Question 30

refers to a decreased number of red blood cells or a decreased hemoglobin concentration in the blood

Answer 30

anemia

Question 31

the intravascular breakdown of RBCs

Answer 31

hemolysis