Cardiac System Exam Review: Key Concepts and Solutions,
Exams of Nursing
Name & define the layers of the heart.. - ANSWER1.Pericardium : serves as an
additional later of protection
2. Myocardium: muscle tissue of the heart
3. : Endocardium: lining of the heart
Normal range for WBC per cubic millimeter of blood? - ANSWERBetween 5000- 9000
How many platelets are in a cubic millimeter of blood? - ANSWER2 hundred thou to 4
hundred thou
What is an aneurysm ? - ANSWERA ballooning & weaken area in an artery
Define endocarditis ? - ANSWERInflammation of the lining of the heart
When blood has flowed from the LEFT side of the heart out through the body and back
to the RIGHT side it had completed SYSTEMIC circulation - ANSWERWhen blood has
flowed from the LEFT side of the heart out through the body and back to the RIGHT
side it had completed SYSTEMIC circulation
List 4 major parts of the circulatory system? - ANSWER1.Heart "pump"
Blood 2.vessels: "transport organs"
3.blood " transport fluid"
4. Lymphatic system "defense system"
Exams of Nursing
Name & define the layers of the heart.. - ANSWER1.Pericardium : serves as an
additional later of protection
2. Myocardium: muscle tissue of the heart
3. : Endocardium: lining of the heart
Normal range for WBC per cubic millimeter of blood? - ANSWERBetween 5000- 9000
How many platelets are in a cubic millimeter of blood? - ANSWER2 hundred thou to 4
hundred thou
What is an aneurysm ? - ANSWERA ballooning & weaken area in an artery
Define endocarditis ? - ANSWERInflammation of the lining of the heart
When blood has flowed from the LEFT side of the heart out through the body and back
to the RIGHT side it had completed SYSTEMIC circulation - ANSWERWhen blood has
flowed from the LEFT side of the heart out through the body and back to the RIGHT
side it had completed SYSTEMIC circulation
List 4 major parts of the circulatory system? - ANSWER1.Heart "pump"
Blood 2.vessels: "transport organs"
3.blood " transport fluid"
4. Lymphatic system "defense system"