EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
The digestive system consists of the heart, blood, vessels, and the structures that make up the lymphatic
system. --CORRECT>>False - Circulatory system
The lymphatic system is responsible for moving blood through the body and removing waste. --
CORRECT>>False - Immune system
The lymphatic system which is a subsystem of the circulatory system acts as the bodies transportation
system. --CORRECT>>True
The lymphatic system is responsible for defending the body against disease causing agents called
pathogens. --CORRECT>>True
The left and right sides of the heart are separated by a wall called the septum. --CORRECT>>True
The right atrium is the first chamber blood enters as it enters the heart. --CORRECT>>True
The final stop in the heart for the flow of blood, is the power house chamber, the right ventricle. --
CORRECT>>False - left ventricle
Heart rates initiated by the SA node are typically 60-80 beats per minute for a healthy adult at rest. --
CORRECT>>True
The cardiac cycle includes all the events that occur during one complete heart beat. --CORRECT>>True
The arteries are the vessels that carry blood away from the heart. --CORRECT>>True
The vessel that transport blood from the peripheral tissue to the heart are the veins. --CORRECT>>True
Blood pressure is defined as the measurement of force applied to walls of the arteries. --
CORRECT>>True
The average resting blood pressure of a resting adult is 80/120. --CORRECT>>False - 120/80
Pulse pressure is the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure. --CORRECT>>True
Blood is a type of connective tissue made up of cells and plasma. --CORRECT>>True
A medical assistant should wear jewelry sparingly. --CORRECT>>True
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) or Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is considered one of the most common
forms of disease. --CORRECT>>heart
Atherosclerosis or narrowing of the vessel lumen of the arteries is due to a buildup of
material. --CORRECT>>fatty
Often referred to as hardening of arteries, arteriosclerosis is the thickening and loss of
, in the arteries. --CORRECT>>elasticity
A heart attack or MI occurs when the supply of the myocardium is severely reduced or stopped. --
CORRECT>>blood
Angioplasty is frequently used to reopen coronary arteries and stents. -
ANSWER>>blocked
CHF is a condition in which the condition cannot pump enough to the body or organs. --
CORRECT>>blood
An arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat caused by a disturbance of activity of the heart. --
CORRECT>>electrical
Tachycardia is an abnormal heartbeat over beats per minute. -
ANSWER>>fast / 100
People who suffer from endocarditis may experience weakness, fever, diaphoresis, dyspnea or difficulty
, or embolism that can lodge in other organs --CORRECT>>breathing
Thrombophlebitis occurs when a blood occurs in one or more veins causing inflammation. --
CORRECT>>clot
Anemia is a condition in which there is a low numbers of healthy blood cells circulation in the
body. --CORRECT>>Red
Leukemia is a malignant cancer of the bone marrow and blood, like all cancers it involves the
uncontrolled growth of abnormal . --CORRECT>>cells
An aneurysm is an abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of an artery related to
in the walls of the blood vessel. --CORRECT>>weakness
A CVA occurs when the blood to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by an occlusion of blood
vessel, ischemia or embolism, or a ruptured blood vessel a hemorrhage in the . --CORRECT>>brain
Bradycardia is an abnormally heart rate under beats per minute. -
ANSWER>>slow / 60
After going through the tricuspid valve the blood then enters the ventricle. --CORRECT>>right
Carbon dioxide in the blood is exchanged for oxygen via the artery. --CORRECT>>pulmonary
The largest artery in the body is the . --CORRECT>>aortic
The blood pressure of a child is generally than that of an adult. --CORRECT>>higher
What are the five sites for palpating an artery to obtain and accurate pulse rate. --CORRECT>> temporal
- side of skull
carotid - lateral neck
brachial - midarm at elbow bend