Cardiovascular diseases of Dogs and
Cats Answered Questions (Latest 2026)
What is the function of the arteries? - Correct Answers
✅carry oxygenated blood away from the heart except for
pulmonary artery which carries deoxygenated blood to the
lungs/away from heart
What is the function of the veins? - Correct Answers
✅carries deoxygenated blood to the heart except for the
pulmonary vein which carries oxygenated blood to the heart
What is diastole? - Correct Answers ✅filling of the
ventricles
What is systole? - Correct Answers ✅contraction of the
ventricles
What are the normal heart sounds? - Correct Answers
✅Lub-dub
What creates the normal heart sounds? - Correct Answers
✅opening and closing of the valves within the heart
Where is the heart best heard? - Correct Answers ✅left
side of thorax around 4-6th intercostal space
Where can the pulmonary valve be heard? - Correct
Answers ✅left side more cranial
, Cardiovascular diseases of Dogs and
Cats Answered Questions (Latest 2026)
Where can the mitral valve be heard? - Correct Answers
✅left side more caudal
Where can the aortic valve be heard? - Correct Answers
✅left side between the pulmonary valve and the mitral valve
Where is the tricuspid valve heard? - Correct Answers
✅right side
Where can you best hear the heart on cats? - Correct
Answers ✅sternal borders
What is a functional murmur? - Correct Answers ✅murmur
caused by stress not underlying heart disease
What is a heart murmur? - Correct Answers ✅turbulent
blood flow in which the blood is moving in multiple directions
What causes the sound of a murmur? - Correct Answers
✅turbulent flow causes vibrations making a whoosh sound
How can heart murmurs be described? - Correct Answers
✅location
timing
Cats Answered Questions (Latest 2026)
What is the function of the arteries? - Correct Answers
✅carry oxygenated blood away from the heart except for
pulmonary artery which carries deoxygenated blood to the
lungs/away from heart
What is the function of the veins? - Correct Answers
✅carries deoxygenated blood to the heart except for the
pulmonary vein which carries oxygenated blood to the heart
What is diastole? - Correct Answers ✅filling of the
ventricles
What is systole? - Correct Answers ✅contraction of the
ventricles
What are the normal heart sounds? - Correct Answers
✅Lub-dub
What creates the normal heart sounds? - Correct Answers
✅opening and closing of the valves within the heart
Where is the heart best heard? - Correct Answers ✅left
side of thorax around 4-6th intercostal space
Where can the pulmonary valve be heard? - Correct
Answers ✅left side more cranial
, Cardiovascular diseases of Dogs and
Cats Answered Questions (Latest 2026)
Where can the mitral valve be heard? - Correct Answers
✅left side more caudal
Where can the aortic valve be heard? - Correct Answers
✅left side between the pulmonary valve and the mitral valve
Where is the tricuspid valve heard? - Correct Answers
✅right side
Where can you best hear the heart on cats? - Correct
Answers ✅sternal borders
What is a functional murmur? - Correct Answers ✅murmur
caused by stress not underlying heart disease
What is a heart murmur? - Correct Answers ✅turbulent
blood flow in which the blood is moving in multiple directions
What causes the sound of a murmur? - Correct Answers
✅turbulent flow causes vibrations making a whoosh sound
How can heart murmurs be described? - Correct Answers
✅location
timing
