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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 3 QUIZ QUESTIONS
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Quiz 10: Pathophysiology of the Cardiovascular System Part 2
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an adaptation to a persistently high:
a. cardiac afterload
b. cardiac preload
c. cardiac ischemia
d. cardiac depression
a. cardiac afterload
Which of the following factors will cause cardiac O2 demands to increase?
a. Increased End Diastolic Volume
b. Decreased Heart Rate
c. Increased End Systolic Volume
d. Decreased End Diastolic Volume
a. Increased End Diastolic Volume
Which coronary artery branch is responsible for perfusing the ventricular
conduction system?
a. The Left Anterior Descending
b. The Left Circumflex
c. The Right Coronary Artery
a. The Left Anterior Descending
Chronic endothelial injury and atherosclerosis causes endothelial dysfunction
and an impaired release of ______________, which results in chronic
imbalances between myocardial O2 demands and myocardial O2 supply (i.e.
ischemia).
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a. Nitric Oxide
b. Endothelin
c. Norepinephrine
d. Epinephrine
a. Nitric Oxide
Anginal cardiac ischemic pain is a form of
a. referred pain
b. psychosomatic pain
c. somatosensory pain
d. phantom pain
a. referred pain
true or false: Males and females experience cardiac ischemic pain in the same
way the vast majority of the time.
false
Which of the following ECG change is associated with "demand ischemia"?
a. ST segment depression
b. ST segment elevation
c. Q wave
d. T wave inversion
a. ST segment depression
Which of the following cardiac biomarkers will be the first to appear in the
bloodstream after an MI?
a. Troponin
b. Creatinine Kinase
c. Lactate dehydrogenase
d. cyclic amp
a. Troponin
GI distress, weight loss, and impaired liver function are signs of which kind of
heart failure?
a. Right-sided heart failure
b. Left-sided heart failure
a. Right-sided heart failure
The physiologic compensatory responses to decreased cardiac function seen
with chronic heart failure have what kind of effects:
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 3 QUIZ QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS NEWEST 2026
VERIFIED 100%
Questions
Quiz 10: Pathophysiology of the Cardiovascular System Part 2
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an adaptation to a persistently high:
a. cardiac afterload
b. cardiac preload
c. cardiac ischemia
d. cardiac depression
a. cardiac afterload
Which of the following factors will cause cardiac O2 demands to increase?
a. Increased End Diastolic Volume
b. Decreased Heart Rate
c. Increased End Systolic Volume
d. Decreased End Diastolic Volume
a. Increased End Diastolic Volume
Which coronary artery branch is responsible for perfusing the ventricular
conduction system?
a. The Left Anterior Descending
b. The Left Circumflex
c. The Right Coronary Artery
a. The Left Anterior Descending
Chronic endothelial injury and atherosclerosis causes endothelial dysfunction
and an impaired release of ______________, which results in chronic
imbalances between myocardial O2 demands and myocardial O2 supply (i.e.
ischemia).
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a. Nitric Oxide
b. Endothelin
c. Norepinephrine
d. Epinephrine
a. Nitric Oxide
Anginal cardiac ischemic pain is a form of
a. referred pain
b. psychosomatic pain
c. somatosensory pain
d. phantom pain
a. referred pain
true or false: Males and females experience cardiac ischemic pain in the same
way the vast majority of the time.
false
Which of the following ECG change is associated with "demand ischemia"?
a. ST segment depression
b. ST segment elevation
c. Q wave
d. T wave inversion
a. ST segment depression
Which of the following cardiac biomarkers will be the first to appear in the
bloodstream after an MI?
a. Troponin
b. Creatinine Kinase
c. Lactate dehydrogenase
d. cyclic amp
a. Troponin
GI distress, weight loss, and impaired liver function are signs of which kind of
heart failure?
a. Right-sided heart failure
b. Left-sided heart failure
a. Right-sided heart failure
The physiologic compensatory responses to decreased cardiac function seen
with chronic heart failure have what kind of effects:
