Heart

Question 1

When the action potential becomes positive

Answer 1

Depolarization

Question 2

Period of slow repolarization called

Answer 2

Plateau phase

Question 3

When the action potential becomes normal

Answer 3

Repolarization

Question 4

lasts about as long as the plateau phase of the action potential in cardiac muscle

Answer 4

Refractory period

Question 5

The conduction system of the heart includes:

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SA nodes, AV nodes, AV bundles, Bundle branches and Purkinje fibers

Question 6

Function as the heart’s pacemaker

Answer 6

Sinoatrial node

Question 7

Located in the lower portion of the atrium

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Atrioventricular node

Question 8

Pass to the apex of the heart and extend to the heart muscles

Answer 8

Purkinje fibers

Question 9

If the SA node unable to function, another area such as the AV node, becomes the pacemaker. The resulting heart rate is much slower than normal and the result is called

Answer 9

Ectopic beat

Question 10

Reduces the output of the heart to only a few millimeters of BPM when it occurs in the ventricle

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Fibrillation

Question 11

They apply a strong electrical shock to the chest region

Answer 11

Defibrillation

Question 12

The record of these electrical event is an

Answer 12

Electrocardiogram

Question 13

ECG consist of 3 waves which are?

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P,QRS and T wave`

Question 14

Depolarization of the atrial myocardium

Answer 14

P wave

Question 15

from depolarization of ventricles

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QRS wave

Question 16

Represents the repolarization of the ventricles

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T wave

Question 17

The atria contracts and begin to relax

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PQ interval

Question 18

Represents the length of time required for ventricular depolarization and repolarization

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QT interval

Question 19

Repetitive pumping process that begins with the onset of cardiac muscle

Answer 19

Cardiac cycle

Question 20

Contraction of two atria

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Atrial systole

Question 21

Contraction of two ventricle

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Ventricular systole

Question 22

Relaxation of two atria

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Atrial diastole

Question 23

Relaxation of two ventricle

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Ventricular diastole

Question 24

The first heart sound can be represented by the syllable

Answer 24

Lubb

Question 25

second heart sound can be represented by the syllable

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Dubb

Question 26

If heart valve does not close completely it is called as?

Answer 26

Incompetent valve

Question 27

Results of faulty valves

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murmurs

Question 28

The volume of blood pumped by either ventricle of the heart each minute

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Cardiac output

Question 29

Volume of blood pumped per ventricle each time heart contracts

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Stroke volume

Question 30

Results from the heart’s normal functional characteristics and does not depend on either neural or hormonal regulation

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Intrinsic regulation

Question 31

Involves both neural and hormonal control

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Extrinsic regulation

Question 32

The degree to which the ventricular walls are stretched at the end of the diastole

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Preload

Question 33

Relationship between preload and stroke volume is called

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Starling’s law of the heart

Question 34

Refers to the pressure against which the ventricles must pump blood

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Afterload

Question 35

Is a mechanism of the nervous system that plays an important role in regulating heart function

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Baroreceptor reflex

Question 36

Stretched receptors that monitor blood pressure in the aorta in the wall of the internal carotid arteries which carry blood to the brain

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Baroreceptors

Question 37

Medula oblongata is _

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cardioregulatory center