Questions for Heart as a Pump Flashcards
Covers aspects of the cardiac cycle occurring in time and on a PV plot.
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The filling valve for the right ventricle is the __________________ valve.
tricuspid
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The filling valve for the left ventricle is the ___________________ valve.
mitral
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The emptying valve for the right ventricle is the ___________________valve.
pulmonic
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The emptying valve for the left ventricle is the ___________________valve.
aortic
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The P wave of the ECG marks ___________________.
atrial depolarization
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The QRS complex of the ECG marks ___________________.
ventricular depolarization
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The T wave of the ECG marks _________________.
ventricular repolarization
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The change in left ventricular pressure, lowest to greatest, during a typical cardiac cycle is about ______________ times that in the aorta.
3x : 120 vs. 40
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Left atrial contraction directly results in the closure of which cardiac valve?
None
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Left ventricular contraction directly results in the closure of which cardiac valve?
mitral
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The aortic valve opens shortly after activation of which excitable cardiac node?
AV node
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The 1st heart sound follows closure of which ventricular valves?.
tricuspid and mitral
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Which heart sound is caused by the opening of the pulmonic and aortic valves?
None–valve opening does not create a sound.
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The volume of the ventricle at the time of the QRS is called the _________________ .
End diastolic volume
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Ventricular repolarization results in what ECG wave?
T wave