Heart Flashcards
Norma, heart sounds are caused by:
Closure of the heart valves
Which events below do not occur when semilunar valves are open:
Ventricles are in diastole
Hemorrage with a large loss of blood causes:
Lowering of blood pressure due to change in cardiac output
Left ventricular wall of the heart is thicker than the right wall in order to:
Pump blood with greater pressure
Damage to the _____ is referred to as heart block.
AV node
The P wave of a normal electrocardiogram indicated:
atrial depolarization
Blood within the pulmonary veins returns to the:
left artium
Small muscle masses attached to the chordae tendinae are the:
papillary muscles
Term for pain associated with deficient blood delivery to the heart caused by transient spasm of coronary arteries is ___________.
angina pectoris
Term for pain associated with deficient blood delivery to the heart caused by transient spasm of coronary arteries is ___________.
angina pectoris
To auscultate the aortic semilunar valve, you would place your stethoscope in the ___________.
second intercostal space to the right of the sternum
The source of blood carried to capillaries in the myocardium would be the _________.
coronary arteries
The left ventricle of the heart is thicker than the right ventricle. This reveals that it ___________.
pumps blood against a greater resistance
The left ventricle of the heart is thicker than the right ventricle. This reveals that it ___________.
pumps blood against a greater resistance
Which does not influence heart rate?
- skin color
- age
- gender
- body temp
skin color
Which is the following is not an age related change affecting the heart?
Thinning of the valve flaps
If cardiac muscle is deprived of its normal blood supply, damage would primarily result from __________.
decreased delivery of oxygen
What would happen if the length of refractory period was the same as skeletal muscle cells?
tetanic contractions might occur, which would stop the heart’s pumping action