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Cardiac/Vascular
nursing exam
Questions and
Answers Updated
2026
AscendingBAortaB-BAnswer-
beginsBfromBtheBaorticBvalveBandBextendsBfromBtheBleftBventricleBofBtheBheartBtoBthe
BaorticBarch.

-SuppliesBtheBCoronaryBArteries



AorticBArchB-BAnswerSuppliesBtheBBrachiocephalicBArtery,

LeftBCommonBCarotidBArtery,BandBtheBLeftBSubclavianBArtery



DescendingBAortaB-
BAnswermajorBportionBofBtheBaortaBthatBextendsBfromBtheBaorticBarchBtoBtheBtrunkBo
fBtheBbody.BItBformsBtheBthoracicBaortaBandBabdominalBaorta.



CoronaryBArteriesBandBtheBmyocardiumBareBperfusedBduringB-BAnswerdiastole



P-BwaveBrepresentsB-BAnsweratrialBdepolarization



QBwaveBrepresentsB-BAnswerbeginningBofBventricularBdepolarization

,InferiorBchestBleadsB-BAnswerII,BIII,BaVFB

RCABocclusion



AnteriorBchestBleadsB-BAnswerV3,BV4

LADBocclusion



SeptalBchestBleadsB-BAnswerV1,BV2

LADBocclusion



LateralBchestBleadsB-BAnswerI,BaVL,BV5,V6

CircumflexBocclusion



TBwaveBrepresentsB-BAnswerventricularBrepolarization



SympatheticBnervousBsystemBreleasesB-
BAnswernorepinephrineB(BcausesBpupilBdilation,BincreasedBsweating,BincreasedBheartBra
te,BandBincreasedBbloodBpressure)



ParasympatheticBnervousBsystemBreleasesB-
BAnsweracetylcholineB(decreasesBheartBrate,BdecreasesBbloodBpressure,BpupilsBconstrict,
BincreasesBdigestionBandBurinaryBoutput)



RCABsuppliesB-
BAnswerRightBatrium,BrightBventricle,BSA/AVBnodes,BposteriorBportionBofBrightBbundleB
branch

OcclusionBcausesBAVBblocksBandBbradycardias



CircumflexBarteryBsuppliesB-
BAnswersideBwallBofBtheBleftBventricleBandBposteriorBportionBofBLeftBbundleBbranch

, LADBsuppliesB-
BAnswerAnteriorBportionBofBheart,BportionBofBtheBseptum,BleftBventricle,BleftBbundleBb
ranch

OcclusionBcausesBBBB's,BVtach,BVfib



PeripheralBvascularBresistanceB-
BAnsweraBresistanceBtoBtheBflowBofBbloodBdeterminedBbyBtheBtoneBofBtheBvascularBm
usculatureBandBtheBdiameterBofBtheBbloodBvessels.B

ItBisBresponsibleBforBbloodBpressureBwhenBcoupledBwithBstrokeBvolume.



CardiacBoutputB-BAnswerStrokeBvolumeBxBheartBrate



PreloadB-
BAnswervolumeBreturnedBtoBtheBheart.BTheBforceBexertedBonBtheBwallsBofBventricleBat
BtheBendBofBdiastole



ContractilityB-BAnswerforceBofBmyocardialBcontraction



AfterBloadB-
BAnswerpumpBorBresistanceBagainstBwhichBtheBventriclesBmustBpumpBtoBopenBtheBse
milunarBvalves



normalBstrokeBvolumeB-BAnswer60-130BmL'sBeachBbeat

4-6BLBperBminute



Frank-Starling'sBLawBofBtheBHeartB-
BAnswertoBaBpoint,BtheBgreaterBtheBvolumeBofBbloodBinBtheBventricleBatBtheBendBofB
diastole,BtheBmoreBforcefulBtheBcardiacBcontraction



EstrogenB-
BAnswerdecreasesBLDLBoxidation,BpromotesBendothelialBvasodilationBandBenhancesBgluc
oseBmetabolism

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