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NUR 265/NUR265 EXAM 2 LATEST 2023 REAL EXAM 50 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

How many chambers are in the heart? - (answer) 4 (2 atria, 2 ventricles)



______ is heard loudest at the apex of the heart - (answer) apical pulse



_______ pumps blood to the lungs to become oxygenated - (answer) right side



Lungs send the blood back to the _______, then out to the body - (answer) left side



What does "tissue paper my assets" mean? - (answer) Tricuspid

Pulmonic

Mitral

Atrial



______________ opens to let deoxygenated blood into RV - (answer) tricuspid valve



__________opens to let deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery to be pushed to the lungs -
(answer) pulmonic valve



mitral valve - (answer) oxygenated blood from the lungs in the LA, the valve opens to push this blood
into the LV



atrial valve - (answer) opens to allow blood to flow out of the aorta to the rest of the body



_________ is when blood is moving backward instead of forward, oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
mix - (answer) valve regurgitation



normal heart sounds - (answer) S1-S2



S1 "lub" - (answer) closing of mitral and tricuspid valves

, NUR 265/NUR265 EXAM 2 LATEST 2023 REAL EXAM 50 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

S1 is heard loudest - (answer) apex



S2 "dub" - (answer) closure of aortic and pulmonic valves



S2 is hears loudest - (answer) base



extra not expected heart sounds - (answer) S3-S4



when is S3 heard best? - (answer) in left lateral position



S3 - (answer) volume overload problem hear in early diastole



S4 - (answer) stiff ventricle problem heard immediately before systole



what causes murmurs? - (answer) valves don't slam shut like their supposed to, they take too long to
close causing turbulent blood flow... deoxygenated blood and oxygenated blood mix



precordium - (answer) area of the chest wall overlying the heart and great vessels



thrill - (answer) palpable vibration on the chest wall accompanying severe heart murmur



heave or lift - (answer) sustained forceful thrusting of the ventricle during systole



What are the 5 locations we auscultate to listen to the heart? - (answer) Aortic: 2nd intercostal space,
right sternal border

Pulmonic: 2nd intercostal space, left sternal border

Erb's Point: 3rd intercostal space, 1/2 between base and apex

Tricuspid: 4th intercostal space, left sternal border

Mitral: 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line

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