NUFT 204 Exam #3 Q & As (Verified
Answers) 2026
primary role of arteries: - Correct Answers ✅carry blood
away from the heart
primary role of veins: - Correct Answers ✅carry blood to
the heart
______ contain oxygen rich blood - Correct Answers
✅arteries
what produces S1? - Correct Answers ✅closure of AV
valves (mitral and tricuspid; *remember, they close
alphabetically! mitral before tricuspid)
what produces S2? - Correct Answers ✅closure of
semilunar valves (aortic and pulmonic)
what heart "events" occur first? - Correct Answers ✅left
side take place a split second before right side
where is S1 heard best? - Correct Answers ✅apex (bottom
of the heart; "point of maximal impulse")
where is S2 heard best? - Correct Answers ✅base (top of
the heart)
,NUFT 204 Exam #3 Q & As (Verified
Answers) 2026
what part of the stethoscope is used to ascultate murmurs? -
Correct Answers ✅bell
4 characteristics of heart sounds: - Correct Answers ✅-
frequency
- intensity
- duration
- timing
what heart sound occurs during systole? - Correct Answers
✅S1
what heart sound occurs during diastole? - Correct Answers
✅S2
location of aortic and pulmonic ascultatory areas: - Correct
Answers ✅2nd intercostal space
location of erb's point: - Correct Answers ✅3rd intercostal
space
what ascultatory area are murmurs heard best? why? -
Correct Answers ✅erb's point; valves come closest to
overlapping
, NUFT 204 Exam #3 Q & As (Verified
Answers) 2026
location of tricuspid ascultatory area: - Correct Answers
✅4th intercostal space
location of mitral ascultatory area: - Correct Answers ✅5th
intercostal space, mid-clavicle
what do extra heart sounds (S3 & S4) usually correspond
with? - Correct Answers ✅misfiring of the heart + heart
failure
what disorders are murmurs generally related to? what is the
sound caused by? - Correct Answers ✅valve;
thickness/speed of the blood flow
what is thyrotoxicosis? - Correct Answers ✅too much
thyroid hormone circulating in blood stream
if a murmur correlates with a carotid sound, its a _____
murmur - Correct Answers ✅systolic
define stenosis: - Correct Answers ✅narrowing of a valve
(narrowing causes turbulence)
what is a lift or heave? - Correct Answers ✅forceful cardiac
contractions that cause a slight to vigorous movement of
sternum/ribs
Answers) 2026
primary role of arteries: - Correct Answers ✅carry blood
away from the heart
primary role of veins: - Correct Answers ✅carry blood to
the heart
______ contain oxygen rich blood - Correct Answers
✅arteries
what produces S1? - Correct Answers ✅closure of AV
valves (mitral and tricuspid; *remember, they close
alphabetically! mitral before tricuspid)
what produces S2? - Correct Answers ✅closure of
semilunar valves (aortic and pulmonic)
what heart "events" occur first? - Correct Answers ✅left
side take place a split second before right side
where is S1 heard best? - Correct Answers ✅apex (bottom
of the heart; "point of maximal impulse")
where is S2 heard best? - Correct Answers ✅base (top of
the heart)
,NUFT 204 Exam #3 Q & As (Verified
Answers) 2026
what part of the stethoscope is used to ascultate murmurs? -
Correct Answers ✅bell
4 characteristics of heart sounds: - Correct Answers ✅-
frequency
- intensity
- duration
- timing
what heart sound occurs during systole? - Correct Answers
✅S1
what heart sound occurs during diastole? - Correct Answers
✅S2
location of aortic and pulmonic ascultatory areas: - Correct
Answers ✅2nd intercostal space
location of erb's point: - Correct Answers ✅3rd intercostal
space
what ascultatory area are murmurs heard best? why? -
Correct Answers ✅erb's point; valves come closest to
overlapping
, NUFT 204 Exam #3 Q & As (Verified
Answers) 2026
location of tricuspid ascultatory area: - Correct Answers
✅4th intercostal space
location of mitral ascultatory area: - Correct Answers ✅5th
intercostal space, mid-clavicle
what do extra heart sounds (S3 & S4) usually correspond
with? - Correct Answers ✅misfiring of the heart + heart
failure
what disorders are murmurs generally related to? what is the
sound caused by? - Correct Answers ✅valve;
thickness/speed of the blood flow
what is thyrotoxicosis? - Correct Answers ✅too much
thyroid hormone circulating in blood stream
if a murmur correlates with a carotid sound, its a _____
murmur - Correct Answers ✅systolic
define stenosis: - Correct Answers ✅narrowing of a valve
(narrowing causes turbulence)
what is a lift or heave? - Correct Answers ✅forceful cardiac
contractions that cause a slight to vigorous movement of
sternum/ribs
