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Solutions
The heart is divided into how many chambers - Answer✔✔-4 chambers: 2 atria and 2 ventricles
Insufficient blood flow through the coronary arteries can result in: - Answer✔✔-Angina
Beta one controls the - Answer✔✔-Heart
Name the two systems that comprise the autonomic nervous system: - Answer✔✔-Parasympathetic and
Sympathetic
Stimulation of the Vagus nerve will __________ the heart rate - Answer✔✔-decrease
Another name for the Parasympathetic nervous system is: - Answer✔✔-Cholinergic
Another name for the Sympathetic nervous system is: - Answer✔✔-Adrenergic
What sound does the heart make? What causes this sound? - Answer✔✔-Lub-dub; The sound is caused
by the closing of the valves. The lub is the tricuspid and mitral valves closing, the dub is the pulmonic
and aortic valves closing.
Name the four valves in the heart - Answer✔✔-1) Aortic
2) Pulmonary
3) Bicuspid
4)Bicuspid (aka mitral valve)
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Where is the mitral valve located? - Answer✔✔-between left atrium and left ventricle
Where is the tricuspid valve located? - Answer✔✔-between right atrium and right ventricle
What is the purpose of valves in the heart? - Answer✔✔-To prevent back-flow of blood
Trace the pathway of the conduction system through the heart. - Answer✔✔-SA (Sinoatrial/Sinus) node
to the AV (atrioventricular) node, to the Bundle of His to the Bundle Branches, to the Purkinjie Fibers. -
SA AV Bundle of junkies.-
Trace the pathway of blood through the heart. - Answer✔✔--superior/inferior vena cava
-right atrium
-tricuspid valve
-right ventricle
-pulmonic valve
-pulmonary artery
-lung
-capillaries
-pulmonic vein
-left atrium
-mitral valve
-left ventricle
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-aortic valve
-aorta
Which pt needs antibiotic premedication?
-A 28 yr old with a repaired atrial septal defect which was repaired at birth
-A 70 yr old with a prosthetic heart valve
-A 67 yr old with a previous history of an MI
-A 20 yr old who reports a childhood heart murmur - Answer✔✔--A 70 year old with a prosthetic heart
valve
What is the difference between angina and an MI? - Answer✔✔-Angina is chest pain due to inadequate
oxygenation while an MI means death of the actual heart muscle (necrosis).
Left sided heart failure often leads to: - Answer✔✔-right sided heart failure
mnemonic for an MI - Answer✔✔-MONA/FONA
MONA stands for: - Answer✔✔-Morphine
Oxygen
Nitroglycerin
Aspirin
FONA stands for: - Answer✔✔-Fentanyl
Oxygen
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Nitroglycerin
Aspirin
What causes a heart murmur? - Answer✔✔-turbulent blood flow across the valves of the heart
Right sided heart failure symptoms - Answer✔✔--Ascites
-Pitting edema
Left sided heart failure symptoms - Answer✔✔--Orthopnea
-Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
-Shortness of breath
-Pulmonary edema
Necrosis means: - Answer✔✔-Death of tissue or bone
The first heart sound is caused by: - Answer✔✔-the tricuspid and mitral valves closing
What medication is used in the treatment of angina? - Answer✔✔-nitroglycerin
What do beta blockers do? - Answer✔✔-decrease BP and HR
The two kinds of heart failure: - Answer✔✔-Left and right
What does ischemia mean? - Answer✔✔-inadequate blood supply
The mnemonic for diagnosing a stroke is: - Answer✔✔-FAST
FAST stands for: - Answer✔✔-Face, Arm, Speech, Time
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OMSA Exam Study Guide with Verified
Solutions
The heart is divided into how many chambers - Answer✔✔-4 chambers: 2 atria and 2 ventricles
Insufficient blood flow through the coronary arteries can result in: - Answer✔✔-Angina
Beta one controls the - Answer✔✔-Heart
Name the two systems that comprise the autonomic nervous system: - Answer✔✔-Parasympathetic and
Sympathetic
Stimulation of the Vagus nerve will __________ the heart rate - Answer✔✔-decrease
Another name for the Parasympathetic nervous system is: - Answer✔✔-Cholinergic
Another name for the Sympathetic nervous system is: - Answer✔✔-Adrenergic
What sound does the heart make? What causes this sound? - Answer✔✔-Lub-dub; The sound is caused
by the closing of the valves. The lub is the tricuspid and mitral valves closing, the dub is the pulmonic
and aortic valves closing.
Name the four valves in the heart - Answer✔✔-1) Aortic
2) Pulmonary
3) Bicuspid
4)Bicuspid (aka mitral valve)
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Where is the mitral valve located? - Answer✔✔-between left atrium and left ventricle
Where is the tricuspid valve located? - Answer✔✔-between right atrium and right ventricle
What is the purpose of valves in the heart? - Answer✔✔-To prevent back-flow of blood
Trace the pathway of the conduction system through the heart. - Answer✔✔-SA (Sinoatrial/Sinus) node
to the AV (atrioventricular) node, to the Bundle of His to the Bundle Branches, to the Purkinjie Fibers. -
SA AV Bundle of junkies.-
Trace the pathway of blood through the heart. - Answer✔✔--superior/inferior vena cava
-right atrium
-tricuspid valve
-right ventricle
-pulmonic valve
-pulmonary artery
-lung
-capillaries
-pulmonic vein
-left atrium
-mitral valve
-left ventricle
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-aortic valve
-aorta
Which pt needs antibiotic premedication?
-A 28 yr old with a repaired atrial septal defect which was repaired at birth
-A 70 yr old with a prosthetic heart valve
-A 67 yr old with a previous history of an MI
-A 20 yr old who reports a childhood heart murmur - Answer✔✔--A 70 year old with a prosthetic heart
valve
What is the difference between angina and an MI? - Answer✔✔-Angina is chest pain due to inadequate
oxygenation while an MI means death of the actual heart muscle (necrosis).
Left sided heart failure often leads to: - Answer✔✔-right sided heart failure
mnemonic for an MI - Answer✔✔-MONA/FONA
MONA stands for: - Answer✔✔-Morphine
Oxygen
Nitroglycerin
Aspirin
FONA stands for: - Answer✔✔-Fentanyl
Oxygen
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Nitroglycerin
Aspirin
What causes a heart murmur? - Answer✔✔-turbulent blood flow across the valves of the heart
Right sided heart failure symptoms - Answer✔✔--Ascites
-Pitting edema
Left sided heart failure symptoms - Answer✔✔--Orthopnea
-Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
-Shortness of breath
-Pulmonary edema
Necrosis means: - Answer✔✔-Death of tissue or bone
The first heart sound is caused by: - Answer✔✔-the tricuspid and mitral valves closing
What medication is used in the treatment of angina? - Answer✔✔-nitroglycerin
What do beta blockers do? - Answer✔✔-decrease BP and HR
The two kinds of heart failure: - Answer✔✔-Left and right
What does ischemia mean? - Answer✔✔-inadequate blood supply
The mnemonic for diagnosing a stroke is: - Answer✔✔-FAST
FAST stands for: - Answer✔✔-Face, Arm, Speech, Time
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