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NUFT 204 - Cardiovascular assessment
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What structures take blood away from the heart to the body?
Answer: Arteries
What structures take blood back to the heart from the body?
Answer: Veins
What type of system are arteries and veins part of? Answer: Closed
system
What makes valves open and close? Answer: Pressure
Describe the blood flow through the heart. Answer: SVC/IVC —>
RA —> RV —-> lungs —> LA —-> LV —> body
What valve allows blood to enter the RV from the RA? Answer:
Tricuspid valve
What valve allows blood to enter the lungs via the pulmonary artery
from the RV? Answer: Pulmonary valve
What valve allows blood to enter the LV from the LA? Answer:
Mitral valve
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What structure brings blood to the LA from the lungs? Answer:
Pulmonary vein
What valve allows blood to go to the body via the aorta from the
LV? Answer: Aortic valve
What is the role of the SVC and IVC? Answer: Bring deoxygenated
blood from the body to the heart to get oxygenated by the lungs
What occurs during systole? Answer: 1. Atria are filling
2. Ventricles are contracting (considered pumping phase)
3. Tricuspid and mitral valves close (S1 - lub sound)
4. Blood is going to the lungs and body from the ventricles
5. Occurs slightly later in R side (only like a millisecond)
6. Pressure in R side is lower
Why is pressure always more on L side than R side? Answer:
Because L side needs to pump blood to the body
What occurs during diastole? Answer: 1. Ventricles are relaxed due
to filling (aka filling phase)
2. Pulmonic and aortic valves close (S2 - Dub sound)
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Which valves of the heart are considered atrioventricular valves?
Answer: Tricuspid and mitral valves
Which valves of the heart are considered semilunar valves? Answer:
Pulmonic and aortic valves
The heart is supplied by which 2 branches of the autonomic nervous
system? Which branch decreases rate and which increases rate?
Answer: 1. Sympathetic (aka adrenergic)
-increases heart rate
2. Parasympathetic (aka cholinergic)
-decreases heart rate
What determines the rate and strength of one's pulse? Answer:
Electrical impulses sent to the heart by the brain
What are the 6 anatomical landmarks for a cardiac assessment?
Answer: Aortic (R 2nd ICS)
Pulmonic (L 2nd ICS)
Erb's Point (L 3rd ICS)
Tricuspid (L 4th ICS)
Mitral (L 5th ICS slightly lateral to midclavicular line)
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NUFT 204 - Cardiovascular assessment
Questions with Correct Answers | Updated
(100% Correct Answers)
What structures take blood away from the heart to the body?
Answer: Arteries
What structures take blood back to the heart from the body?
Answer: Veins
What type of system are arteries and veins part of? Answer: Closed
system
What makes valves open and close? Answer: Pressure
Describe the blood flow through the heart. Answer: SVC/IVC —>
RA —> RV —-> lungs —> LA —-> LV —> body
What valve allows blood to enter the RV from the RA? Answer:
Tricuspid valve
What valve allows blood to enter the lungs via the pulmonary artery
from the RV? Answer: Pulmonary valve
What valve allows blood to enter the LV from the LA? Answer:
Mitral valve
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What structure brings blood to the LA from the lungs? Answer:
Pulmonary vein
What valve allows blood to go to the body via the aorta from the
LV? Answer: Aortic valve
What is the role of the SVC and IVC? Answer: Bring deoxygenated
blood from the body to the heart to get oxygenated by the lungs
What occurs during systole? Answer: 1. Atria are filling
2. Ventricles are contracting (considered pumping phase)
3. Tricuspid and mitral valves close (S1 - lub sound)
4. Blood is going to the lungs and body from the ventricles
5. Occurs slightly later in R side (only like a millisecond)
6. Pressure in R side is lower
Why is pressure always more on L side than R side? Answer:
Because L side needs to pump blood to the body
What occurs during diastole? Answer: 1. Ventricles are relaxed due
to filling (aka filling phase)
2. Pulmonic and aortic valves close (S2 - Dub sound)
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Which valves of the heart are considered atrioventricular valves?
Answer: Tricuspid and mitral valves
Which valves of the heart are considered semilunar valves? Answer:
Pulmonic and aortic valves
The heart is supplied by which 2 branches of the autonomic nervous
system? Which branch decreases rate and which increases rate?
Answer: 1. Sympathetic (aka adrenergic)
-increases heart rate
2. Parasympathetic (aka cholinergic)
-decreases heart rate
What determines the rate and strength of one's pulse? Answer:
Electrical impulses sent to the heart by the brain
What are the 6 anatomical landmarks for a cardiac assessment?
Answer: Aortic (R 2nd ICS)
Pulmonic (L 2nd ICS)
Erb's Point (L 3rd ICS)
Tricuspid (L 4th ICS)
Mitral (L 5th ICS slightly lateral to midclavicular line)
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