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Health Assessment Test 2 – UTMB Questions and Answers 100% Pass Lungs Anatomy - Base - top Apex - bottom Landmarks - Location of heart depends on the person Anterior thoracic cage - Heart failure patient - sounds may be wider and lower Heart - Atrium - holds blood Ventricle - pumping blood Heart valves - AV - tricuspid & mitral - prevents backflow Semilunar - pulmonic- right and aortic - left side Heart vessels - - Superior vena cava - Inferior vena cava 2Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 - return unoxygenated blood - pulmonary artery - carries oxygenated blood to lungs - pulmonary veins - returns oxygenated blood - aorta - carries blood to body Cardiac Cycle - - one complete cycle of contraction and relaxaion - 60-100 bpm - .8 sec/cycle - 2 phases - systole - contraction - diastole - relaxation Automaticity - Heart stimulates and contracts itself SA node - electrical charge that stimulates contractions originates here; pacemaker. 3Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 Heart pumping - pumps 5/6 L/minute CO= SV x Rate CO = amount of blood pumped by ventricles SV= stroke volume; volume of blood in systole Rate = # beats per min Dyspnea - difficulty breathing ie shortness of breathe Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - Waking up in th

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Health Assessment Test 2 – UTMB
Questions and Answers 100% Pass


Lungs Anatomy - ✔✔Base - top


Apex - bottom


Landmarks - ✔✔Location of heart depends on the person


Anterior thoracic cage - ✔✔


Heart failure patient - ✔✔sounds may be wider and lower


Heart - ✔✔Atrium - holds blood




Ventricle - pumping blood


Heart valves - ✔✔AV - tricuspid & mitral - prevents backflow


Semilunar - pulmonic- right and aortic - left side


Heart vessels - ✔✔- Superior vena cava


- Inferior vena cava




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,- return unoxygenated blood


- pulmonary artery


- carries oxygenated blood to lungs


- pulmonary veins


- returns oxygenated blood


- aorta


- carries blood to body


Cardiac Cycle - ✔✔- one complete cycle of contraction and relaxaion




- 60-100 bpm


- .8 sec/cycle


- 2 phases


- systole - contraction


- diastole - relaxation


Automaticity - ✔✔Heart stimulates and contracts itself


SA node - ✔✔electrical charge that stimulates contractions originates here; pacemaker.




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, Heart pumping - ✔✔pumps 5/6 L/minute




CO= SV x Rate




CO = amount of blood pumped by ventricles




SV= stroke volume; volume of blood in systole




Rate = # beats per min


Dyspnea - ✔✔difficulty breathing ie shortness of breathe


Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - ✔✔Waking up in the middle of night and having to sit

up to catch breathe




this is sign of heart disease & heart failure


Palpitations - ✔✔Fluttering within chest


Cough - ✔✔Fluid related to congestive heart failure




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