Heart Flashcards
- Which can be used to characterize blood flow in the human body?
a: There is a unidirectional blood flow.
b: Arteries always carry oxygenated blood.
c: Veins always carry deoxygenated blood.
d: Arteries carry blood away from the heart.
e: Veins carry blood toward the heart.
A. a, c, d, e
B. a, b, c, d, e
C. a, d, e
D. b, c, d, e
E. d, e
C. a, d, e
- The arteries and veins that leave and enter the heart are called the great vessels because
A. they are associated with the heart directly.
B. they carry the most highly oxygenated blood.
C. they are longer than any other blood vessels in the body.
D. they have relatively large diameters.
E. Both types have the highest blood pressure in the body.
D. they have relatively large diameters.
- Which analogy fits the human heart?
A. It is like a single pump.
B. It is like a double pump, each working side by side with the other.
C. It is like four pumps working in alternating cycles.
D. It is like a double pump, each working at its own rate determined by the needs of the body served.
E. It is like a single pump whose various chambers all work together at once.
B. It is like a double pump, each working side by side with the other.
- Which circuit of the cardiovascular system is responsible for sending blood to the kidneys, stomach,
and pelvic regions?
A. Pulmonary circuit
B. Systemic circuit
C. Coronoary circuit
B. Systemic circuit
- Which of the cardiovascular system’s circuits has deoxygenated blood in its arteries?
A. Pulmonary circuit
B. Systemic circuit
C. Coronary circuit
A. Pulmonary circuit
- The left atrium and left ventricle are part of which circuit of the cardiovascular system?
A. Pulmonary circuit
B. Systemic circuit
B. Systemic circuit
- Which heart chambers pump deoxygenated blood?
A. Left atrium and right atrium
B. Left ventricle and right ventricle
C. Right atrium and right ventricle
D. Left atrium and left ventricle
E. Right atrium and left ventricle
C. Right atrium and right ventricle
- Which values are reasonable for a healthy, 80 kilogram resting adult?
A. 5.25 liters of blood pumped per ventricle per minute; 108,000 beats per day
B. 4.25 liters of blood pumped per ventricle per minute; 60,000 beats per day
C. 6.75 liters of blood pumped per ventricle per minute; 20,000 beats per day
D. 7.25 liters of blood pumped per ventricle per minute; 76,000 beats per day
E. 5.75 liters of blood pumped per ventricle per minute; 144,000 beats per day
A. 5.25 liters of blood pumped per ventricle per minute; 108,000 beats per day
- Which pair is located more anteriorly in a heart in normal position?
A. Left atrium and left ventricle
B. Left atrium and right ventricle
C. Right atrium and left atrium
D. Right atrium and right ventricle
E. Right atrium and left ventricle
D. Right atrium and right ventricle
- The base of the heart is formed primarily by the
A. right atrium.
B. right ventricle.
C. left atrium.
D. left ventricle.
E. None of these choices is correct.
C. left atrium.
- Which correctly describes the heart’s apex?
A. Projects slightly anteroinferiorly toward the left side of the body
B. Projects slightly anteroinferiorly toward the right side of the body
C. Projects slightly posteroinferiorly toward the left side of the body
D. Projects slightly posteroinferiorly toward the right side of the body
E. Projects slightly posteroinferiorly toward the midline of the body
A. Projects slightly anteroinferiorly toward the left side of the body
- The epicardium is another name for the
A. visceral layer of the serous pericardium.
B. parietal layer of the serous pericardium.
C. pericardium.
D. myocardium.
E. myometrium.
A. visceral layer of the serous pericardium.
- The serous fluid within the pericardial cavity works to
A. lubricate the membranes of the serous pericardium.
B. slow the heart rate.
C. equalize the pressure in the great vessels.
D. eliminate blood pressure spikes.
A. lubricate the membranes of the serous pericardium.
- The layer of the heart wall composed of cardiac muscle tissue is the
A. pericardium.
B. myocardium.
C. endocardium.
D. pericardial cavity.
E. pectinate muscle.
B. myocardium.
- It is the _____________ that permits the compression necessary to pump large volumes of blood out
of the ventricles.
A. negative pressure inside the ventricles
B. absence of oxygenated blood in the atria
C. arrangement of cardiac muscle in the heart wall
D. presence of skeletal muscle tissue in the heart skeleton
E. presence of papillary muscles in the ventricles
C. arrangement of cardiac muscle in the heart wall
- Which describes the endocardium?
a: Has single layer of epithelium
b: Has layer of areolar connective tissue
c: Epithelial cells are squamous
d: Epithelial cells are cuboidal
e: Has layer of adipose connective tissue
f: Has patches of myocardium
A. a, b, c
B. a, b, d
C. a, d, e
D. a, b, c, e
E. a, e, f
A. a, b, c
- Which are differences between cardiac muscle tissue and skeletal muscle tissue?
a: The sarcoplasmic reticulum in cardiac muscle is less extensive.
b: The sarcoplasmic reticulum in cardiac muscle is more organized.
c: Cardiac muscle has intercalated discs; skeletal muscle does not.
d: Cardiac muscle has 1 or 2 nuclei per cell; skeletal muscle has multiple nuclei per cell.
e: Cardiac muscle has more well defined terminal cisternae.
A. a, c, d
B. a, c, e
C. b, c, e
D. a, b, e
E. b, d, e
A. a, c, d
- The cell-to-cell contacts of the cardiac muscle fibers are called
A. Z discs.
B. T-tubules.
C. intercalated discs.
D. cardiac discs.
E. sarcoplasmic reticulum.
C. intercalated discs.
- Cardiac muscle fibers
A. contract as a single unit.
B. are only loosely connected by the intercalated discs.
C. have a low oxygen need.
D. utilize hemoglobin as an energy source.
A. contract as a single unit.
- The inferior chambers of the heart are the
A. atria.
B. auricles.
C. ventricles.
D. sulci.
E. gyri.
C. ventricles.
- The atria are separated from the ventricles externally by the
A. anterior interventricular sulcus.
B. posterior interventricular sulcus.
C. sinoventricular sulcus.
D. coronary sulcus.
D. coronary sulcus.
- Which are functions performed by the fibrous skeleton of the heart?
a: Separates the atria and ventricles
b: Anchors the heart valves
c: Provides electrical insulation between the atria and ventricles
d: Provides the framework for the attachment of the myocardium
e: None of these are true functions of the fibrous skeleton of the heart.
A. a, d
B. b, d
C. a, c, d
D. a, b, c, d
E. e
D. a, b, c, d
- The heart valves
A. stabilize and hold the arteries leaving the heart.
B. permit the passage of blood in one direction.
C. separate the right and left sides of the heart.
D. are only used in the fetal heart.
E. direct the conduction impulse through the heart muscle.
B. permit the passage of blood in one direction.
- The function of the coronary sinus is to
A. connect the top and bottom halves of the heart.
B. guide the aorta out of the heart.
C. guide the inferior vena cava into the right atrium.
D. take blood from the coronary circulation to the right atrium.
E. shunt blood from the right atrium to the left atrium.
D. take blood from the coronary circulation to the right atrium.