Lesson 1

Question 1

2 applications of doppler US

Answer 1

1. detection/grading atherosclerotic plaques in internal carotids
2. diagnosis of DVT

Question 2

Heart located between what IC space

Answer 2

3rd and 4th

Question 3

How much serous fluid lubricates the heart as it beats

Answer 3

10-20 ml

Question 4

Where are papillary muscles located? Attached via the

Answer 4

ventricles

chordae tendinae

Question 5

Pericardium is what type of tissue

Answer 5

connective tissue

Question 6

Blood vessels can be categorized into what (3)

Answer 6

Conducting
Distributing/collecting
Functioning

Question 7

Conducting vessels include what type of arteries and veins

Answer 7

elastic arteries

great veins

Question 8

Conducting vessels are concerned with what task?

Answer 8

Conducting o2 blood out of heart and deoxy blood back into heart

Question 9

Conducting vessels (4)

Answer 9

Aorta
IVC
common iliac arteries
common iliac veins

Question 10

What type of vessels are found more distally?

Answer 10

Distributing and collecting

Question 11

Distributing and collecting vessels are more (muscular or elastic)

Answer 11

Muscular

Question 12

Distributing arteries vary in muscle wall amount based on

Answer 12

The control of blood supply to the area that they supply

Question 13

What is a functioning vesel

Answer 13

capillaries (exhcange of nutrients, O2, waste, CO2)

Question 14

Blood flow is influenced by (4)

Answer 14

cardiac function
elasticity of walls
Tone of smooth muscle
millions of branching vessels

Question 15

Tunica externa is also called

Answer 15

adventia

Question 16

Coapt means

Answer 16

collapse

Question 17

Most common complication of impaired cardiac function

Answer 17

Heart failure

Question 18

What is a heart attack

Answer 18

Clot in coronary artery blocking blood flow to the heart

Question 19

Stroke is caused by

Answer 19

Brain not getting enough blood, brain tissue dies

Question 20

What is an aneurysm

Answer 20

Bulge in artery wall (anywhere)

Question 21

Ruptured aneurysm causes

Answer 21

Internal bleeding or

clot dislodges and blocks artery

Question 22

What is periphery artery disease?

Term for leg pain caused by “ “

Answer 22

Extremity muscles not getting enough O2 to perform during exercise.

Clotication is leg pain, symptom of periphery artery disease

Question 23

Cardiac arrest

Answer 23

Sudden loss of function in the heart, breathing and consciousness

Question 24

3 symptoms of CVD

Answer 24

Chest pain
Shortness of breath
Fainting

Question 25

What is heart arrhythmia

Answer 25

Abnormal heart beats

Question 26

What is cardiomyopathy

Answer 26

Heart muscle disease

Question 27

Damaged heart valves can cause (3)

Answer 27

Stenosis
Regurgitation
Infection

Question 28

What is the cause of coronary artery disease

Answer 28

Atherosclerosis

Question 29

What is atherosclerosis

Answer 29

Hardening of arteries and buildup of plaques

Question 30

Hypertension

Answer 30

Higher than normal force of blood on artery walls

Question 31

Hypertension puts you at risk for (2)

Answer 31

Heart attack

Stroke

Question 32

Pathophysiology

Answer 32

Physiological processes whereby conditions develop or progress

Question 33

11 factors attributable to vascular disease

Answer 33

Obesity
Age
Kidney disease
Diabetes
Hypertension
Hypercholesterolemia
Family history
Smoking
Alchohol 
Sedentary
Gender