AAE 350 EXAM 4 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. List the heart chambers and major vessels in the order a drop of blood would pass through them
beginning in the superior vena cava and ending in the ascending aorta - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅right
side of heart:
from superior vena cava (RA)
inferior vena cava (RA)
coronary sinus (RA)
tricuspid valve (atrioventricular) (RV)
pulmonary semilunar valve (RV)
pulmonary trunk
to lungs
left side of heart:
from 4 pulmonary veins (LA)
bicuspid valve (mitral) (LV)
aortic semilunar valve (LV)
to ascending aorta
2. Specify the vessels the drain into the right atrium versus the left atrium - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅right
atrium: superior vena cava
left atrium:
4 pulmonary veins (2 left pulm veins, 2 right)
3. Categorize the following heart chambers and great vessels as either containing high oxygen blood or
low oxygen blood: ascending aorta - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅low O2:
right atrium
superior vena cava
inferior vena cava
coronary sinus
right ventricle
,tricuspid valve
pulmonary semilunar valve
pulmonary trunk (pulmonary arteries)
high O2:
left atrium
4 pulmonary veins
left ventricle
bicuspid valve
aortic semilunar valve
ascending aorta
1. List the heart chambers that contribute to the apex of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅left ventricle
1. List the heart chambers that contribute to the base of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅left atrium
systemic circulation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body,
and returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart
pulmonary circulation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs, and returns
oxygenated blood to the heart
5. Categorize the following heart chambers and great vessels as belonging to either systemic circulation
or pulmonary circulation: aorta - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅systemic:
left atrium
left ventricle
aorta
superior vena cava
inferior vena cava
, pulmonary:
right atrium
right ventricle
pulmonary veins
pulmonary trunk (pulm arteries)
1. Identify the functions of the cardiovascular system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Transportation: gases,
nutrients, metabolic waste products, ions and hormones
Clotting factors to prevent fluid loss
Defense (white blood cells, antibodies)
Body temperature regulation: blood transports heat
2. Describe the size and location of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅size of fist
Vertically situated roughly between 2nd intercostal space (ICS) and 5th ICS
5. List the layers of the pericardial sac in order from superficial to deep - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fibrous
pericardium
parietal serous pericardium
pericardial cavity
visceral serous pericardium
a. Describe the location of the pericardial cavity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Thin space between the
parietal and visceral layers
fibrous layer of the pericardium function - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Minimizes over-filling of the the heart
1. List the heart chambers and major vessels in the order a drop of blood would pass through them
beginning in the superior vena cava and ending in the ascending aorta - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅right
side of heart:
from superior vena cava (RA)
inferior vena cava (RA)
coronary sinus (RA)
tricuspid valve (atrioventricular) (RV)
pulmonary semilunar valve (RV)
pulmonary trunk
to lungs
left side of heart:
from 4 pulmonary veins (LA)
bicuspid valve (mitral) (LV)
aortic semilunar valve (LV)
to ascending aorta
2. Specify the vessels the drain into the right atrium versus the left atrium - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅right
atrium: superior vena cava
left atrium:
4 pulmonary veins (2 left pulm veins, 2 right)
3. Categorize the following heart chambers and great vessels as either containing high oxygen blood or
low oxygen blood: ascending aorta - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅low O2:
right atrium
superior vena cava
inferior vena cava
coronary sinus
right ventricle
,tricuspid valve
pulmonary semilunar valve
pulmonary trunk (pulmonary arteries)
high O2:
left atrium
4 pulmonary veins
left ventricle
bicuspid valve
aortic semilunar valve
ascending aorta
1. List the heart chambers that contribute to the apex of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅left ventricle
1. List the heart chambers that contribute to the base of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅left atrium
systemic circulation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body,
and returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart
pulmonary circulation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs, and returns
oxygenated blood to the heart
5. Categorize the following heart chambers and great vessels as belonging to either systemic circulation
or pulmonary circulation: aorta - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅systemic:
left atrium
left ventricle
aorta
superior vena cava
inferior vena cava
, pulmonary:
right atrium
right ventricle
pulmonary veins
pulmonary trunk (pulm arteries)
1. Identify the functions of the cardiovascular system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Transportation: gases,
nutrients, metabolic waste products, ions and hormones
Clotting factors to prevent fluid loss
Defense (white blood cells, antibodies)
Body temperature regulation: blood transports heat
2. Describe the size and location of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅size of fist
Vertically situated roughly between 2nd intercostal space (ICS) and 5th ICS
5. List the layers of the pericardial sac in order from superficial to deep - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fibrous
pericardium
parietal serous pericardium
pericardial cavity
visceral serous pericardium
a. Describe the location of the pericardial cavity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Thin space between the
parietal and visceral layers
fibrous layer of the pericardium function - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Minimizes over-filling of the the heart
