QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which term means cardiac arrest? - correct answer asystole
Which term means abnormal enlargement of an atrium? - correct answer atriomegaly
Which of the following is an abnormal opening in part of the septum dividing the two ventricles? -
correct answer ventricular septal defect
The term ventricles pertain to what particular structures? - correct answer chambers of the heart
or brain
Which of the following is more likely to occur in a coronary occlusion? - correct answer
myocardial infarction
What is the term for inflammation of the sac that encloses the heart? - correct answer
pericarditis
What is the name for the membrane that forms the lining inside the heart? - correct answer
endocardium
What is a coronary thrombosis? - correct answer formation of a blood clot in an artery that
supplies blood to the myocardium
What do atrial septal defects and ventricular septal defects have in common? - correct answer
in both cases there is an abnormal opening in the partition that separates the right and left sides
How many flaps of tissue does a tricuspid valve have? - correct answer three
Which of the following adjectives describes the patient describes a patient who is experiencing slow,
shallow, breathing? - correct answer hypopneic