ECGS MADE EASY BUNDLED EXAMS
SCRIPT FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS READY FOR CARDIAC
MONITORING
⩥ Size of adult heart (A).
Answer: 5 inches long, 3.5 inches wide, 2 inches thick.
⩥ Base of the Heart (A).
Answer: The posterior surface
⩥ What does the base of the heart contain (A).
Answer: Small portion of the right atrium and parts of the superior and
inferior venae cavae and pulmonary veins
⩥ Anterior Surface location (A).
Answer: behind sternum and costal cartilages
⩥ where is the right ventricle (A).
Answer: most directly behind the sternum
⩥ Apex (A).
, Answer: the lower portion of the heart
⩥ What is the Apex formed by (A).
Answer: by the tip of the left ventricle
⩥ left lateral surface (A).
Answer: faces the left lung & made up of left ventricle
⩥ right lateral surface (A).
Answer: faces the right lung & made up entirely of right atrium
⩥ pericardium (A).
Answer: covering of the heart
⩥ parietal pericardium (A).
Answer: tough outer layer
⩥ pericardial space (A).
Answer: contains serious fluid
⩥ Endocardium (A).
Answer: innermost layer of the heartwall
SCRIPT FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS READY FOR CARDIAC
MONITORING
⩥ Size of adult heart (A).
Answer: 5 inches long, 3.5 inches wide, 2 inches thick.
⩥ Base of the Heart (A).
Answer: The posterior surface
⩥ What does the base of the heart contain (A).
Answer: Small portion of the right atrium and parts of the superior and
inferior venae cavae and pulmonary veins
⩥ Anterior Surface location (A).
Answer: behind sternum and costal cartilages
⩥ where is the right ventricle (A).
Answer: most directly behind the sternum
⩥ Apex (A).
, Answer: the lower portion of the heart
⩥ What is the Apex formed by (A).
Answer: by the tip of the left ventricle
⩥ left lateral surface (A).
Answer: faces the left lung & made up of left ventricle
⩥ right lateral surface (A).
Answer: faces the right lung & made up entirely of right atrium
⩥ pericardium (A).
Answer: covering of the heart
⩥ parietal pericardium (A).
Answer: tough outer layer
⩥ pericardial space (A).
Answer: contains serious fluid
⩥ Endocardium (A).
Answer: innermost layer of the heartwall