ECGS MADE EASY COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWER

ECGS MADE EASY COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS

◉ broader area of heart's outline located at the 3rd right and left
intercostal spaces.
Answer: base of the heart


◉ the pressure that is exerted by the blood against the walls of blood
vessels.
Answer: blood pressure


◉ The volume of blood ejected from the left side of the heart in one
minute..
Answer: cardiac output


◉ "heart strings" are tiny white collagenic cords that anchor the
cusps to the ventricular walls. They originate from the papillary
muscles..
Answer: chordae tendineae


◉ pertaining to heart rate.
Answer: Chronotropy

,◉ force of contraction.
Answer: Inotropy


◉ rate of electrical conduction.
Answer: Dromotropic


◉ Relaxation of the heart.
Answer: Diastole


◉ percentage of blood volume in the ventricles at the end of diastole
that is ejected during systole; a measurement of contractility.
Answer: Ejection Fraction (EF)


◉ inner lining of the heart.
Answer: endocardium


◉ inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
Answer: endocarditis


◉ outer layer of the heart.
Answer: epicardium

, ◉ a chronic condition in which the heart is unable to pump out all of
the blood that it receives.
Answer: heart failure


◉ an inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body,
especially the heart muscles..
Answer: ischemia


◉ Centrally located space between the lungs.
Answer: Mediastinum


◉ Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy)
production.
Answer: Mitochondria


◉ Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia.
Answer: myocardial infarction (MI)


◉ muscular, middle layer of the heart.
Answer: Myocardium