EKG PRACTICE TEST EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
What is the force the heart has to push against? ( correct answers )
Afterload
What is the point of the heart that points inferiorly toward the left
hip?
( correct answers ) apex of the heart
The top chambers of the heart that are separated by interatrial septum
are called?
( correct answers ) atria
This is located b/t the atria and ventricles ( correct answers )
Atrioventricular valve AKA: AV valve
The valves of the heart are..... ( correct answers ) flaps of fibrous
tissue firmly anchored to the Anuli fibrosi Cordis. Prevent backflow.
What is valve b/t the right atrium and right ventricle? ( correct
answers ) Tricuspid valve
What is the valve b/t the left atrium and left ventricle? ( correct
answers ) Bicuspid/ Mitral valve
What do you call the broad flat part of the heart that points toward the
right shoulder? ( correct answers ) base of the heart
The amount of blood the heart pumps in 1 min is called? and what is
its normal?
( correct answers ) Cardiac Output
4-8 L
These are tendens that hold the AV valve in place so it prevents it
from swinging upward into the atria.... ( correct answers ) Chordae
Tendineae
This drug effect on the heart will change the heart rate? ( correct
answers ) Chronotropic effect
A drug that has chronotropic effects can be _______ or ________? ( correct
answers ) positive or negative
A positive chronotropic drug effect will _____ hr? ( correct answers )
increase
, A negative chronotropic drug effect will _____ hr? ( correct answers )
decrease
This is the resting phase of the heart? ( correct answers ) Diastole
What is the inner most layer of the heart called? It is continous with the
inner layer of blood vessels. ( correct answers ) endocardium
What is the outer most layer of the heart called? Its the outer
surface and great vessels. ( correct answers ) Epicardium
What drug effect effects the strength of the contractions of the heart?
( correct answers ) inotropic effect
A positive inotropic effect increases _______ of heart. ( correct answers )
strength A negative ______ effect decreases strength of heart. ( correct
answers ) inotropic
What is the middle muscle layer of the heart? It consists of bands of
muscle fibers that contract creating the pumplike action needed to pump
blood through. ( correct
answers ) Myocardium
The primary Function of the Pericardium ( correct answers ) PROTECT
is to? heart the
This is theheart
ANCHOR outertocovering layer? A double wall sac around the heart.
structures PREVENT heart
( correct
from answers ) Pericardium
overfilling
Refers to the defree that the myocardial fiver is stretched prior to
contraction. also related to volume, when the heart chambers fill with
blood? ( correct
answers ) Preload
Where is the preload best measured at? ( correct answers ) vena cava
You have two semilunar valves what are they called? ( correct answers
) Pulmonary semilunar and Aortic semilunar
The pulmonary semilunar valve is the ______ tract of the right ventricle?
( correct answers ) outflow
The aortic semilunar valve is the outflow tract of the the ____ ventricle?
( correct answers ) left
CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
What is the force the heart has to push against? ( correct answers )
Afterload
What is the point of the heart that points inferiorly toward the left
hip?
( correct answers ) apex of the heart
The top chambers of the heart that are separated by interatrial septum
are called?
( correct answers ) atria
This is located b/t the atria and ventricles ( correct answers )
Atrioventricular valve AKA: AV valve
The valves of the heart are..... ( correct answers ) flaps of fibrous
tissue firmly anchored to the Anuli fibrosi Cordis. Prevent backflow.
What is valve b/t the right atrium and right ventricle? ( correct
answers ) Tricuspid valve
What is the valve b/t the left atrium and left ventricle? ( correct
answers ) Bicuspid/ Mitral valve
What do you call the broad flat part of the heart that points toward the
right shoulder? ( correct answers ) base of the heart
The amount of blood the heart pumps in 1 min is called? and what is
its normal?
( correct answers ) Cardiac Output
4-8 L
These are tendens that hold the AV valve in place so it prevents it
from swinging upward into the atria.... ( correct answers ) Chordae
Tendineae
This drug effect on the heart will change the heart rate? ( correct
answers ) Chronotropic effect
A drug that has chronotropic effects can be _______ or ________? ( correct
answers ) positive or negative
A positive chronotropic drug effect will _____ hr? ( correct answers )
increase
, A negative chronotropic drug effect will _____ hr? ( correct answers )
decrease
This is the resting phase of the heart? ( correct answers ) Diastole
What is the inner most layer of the heart called? It is continous with the
inner layer of blood vessels. ( correct answers ) endocardium
What is the outer most layer of the heart called? Its the outer
surface and great vessels. ( correct answers ) Epicardium
What drug effect effects the strength of the contractions of the heart?
( correct answers ) inotropic effect
A positive inotropic effect increases _______ of heart. ( correct answers )
strength A negative ______ effect decreases strength of heart. ( correct
answers ) inotropic
What is the middle muscle layer of the heart? It consists of bands of
muscle fibers that contract creating the pumplike action needed to pump
blood through. ( correct
answers ) Myocardium
The primary Function of the Pericardium ( correct answers ) PROTECT
is to? heart the
This is theheart
ANCHOR outertocovering layer? A double wall sac around the heart.
structures PREVENT heart
( correct
from answers ) Pericardium
overfilling
Refers to the defree that the myocardial fiver is stretched prior to
contraction. also related to volume, when the heart chambers fill with
blood? ( correct
answers ) Preload
Where is the preload best measured at? ( correct answers ) vena cava
You have two semilunar valves what are they called? ( correct answers
) Pulmonary semilunar and Aortic semilunar
The pulmonary semilunar valve is the ______ tract of the right ventricle?
( correct answers ) outflow
The aortic semilunar valve is the outflow tract of the the ____ ventricle?
( correct answers ) left
