CCI RCS CARDIAC ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW PRACTICE SET 2026
GRADED A+
◉ The 6 intensities from highest to lowest are.
Answer: 1.) SPTP 4.) SATP
2.)SPPA 5.) SAPA
3.)SPTA 6.) SATA
◉ What tricuspid valve leaflets are noted in PLAX?.
Answer: Anterior and medial/septal posterior.
◉ Formula for calculating EF?.
Answer: EF% = (sv/edv) x 100%
◉ Stroke Volume (SV) formula.
Answer: EDV - ESV
◉ What is stroke volume (SV)?.
,Answer: Amount of blood pumped out of each ventricle during a
single heart beat.
◉ What is the chiari network?.
Answer: Network of fibers originating from eustachian valve.
◉ Where can the chiari network be found.
Answer: Right atria
◉ What is the most anterior chamber of the heart?.
Answer: Right ventricle
◉ Which pair of intensities has the lowest value?.
Answer: SATA (spatial average and temporal average)
◉ Where is the Eustachian valve located ?.
Answer: In between the IVC and the right atrium.
◉ What's another name for the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract
(RVOT) ?.
Answer: Infundibulum
,◉ Where is the coronary sinus located in relation to the descending
aorta?.
Answer: Anterior
◉ The three cusps of the tricuspid valve are?.
Answer: Anterior
Medial
Posterior
◉ What's the two main layers of the pericardium?.
Answer: 1.) Visceral = lies directly upon external surface of the heart
and is commonly referred to as the epicardium.
2,) Parietal = or fibrous pericardium is the thick outer sac.
*The pericardial cavity lies between these two layers.
◉ What is the normal pressure for the right ventricle ?.
Answer: 25/5 mmHg
◉ What is the normal pressure for the pulmonary artery?.
Answer: 25/10 mmHg
◉ What is the normal pressure for the left atrium?.
, Answer: 10mmHg
◉ What is the normal pressure for the aorta ?.
Answer: 120/80 mmHg
◉ What are the two cusps of the mitral valve ?.
Answer: Anterior (long) and the posterior (short)
◉ When is the left ventricular pressure the lowest?.
Answer: Early diastole
◉ What is Becks Triad and what does it cause?.
Answer: AKA cardiac tamponade. Causes an elevated pressure in
heart, hypotension and a quiet heart
◉ What are the effects of pulmonary HTN ?.
Answer: Dilated pulmonary artery
Severe TR
RV dilation
◉ What happens to the size of an aneurysm during systole?.
Answer: It increases
PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW PRACTICE SET 2026
GRADED A+
◉ The 6 intensities from highest to lowest are.
Answer: 1.) SPTP 4.) SATP
2.)SPPA 5.) SAPA
3.)SPTA 6.) SATA
◉ What tricuspid valve leaflets are noted in PLAX?.
Answer: Anterior and medial/septal posterior.
◉ Formula for calculating EF?.
Answer: EF% = (sv/edv) x 100%
◉ Stroke Volume (SV) formula.
Answer: EDV - ESV
◉ What is stroke volume (SV)?.
,Answer: Amount of blood pumped out of each ventricle during a
single heart beat.
◉ What is the chiari network?.
Answer: Network of fibers originating from eustachian valve.
◉ Where can the chiari network be found.
Answer: Right atria
◉ What is the most anterior chamber of the heart?.
Answer: Right ventricle
◉ Which pair of intensities has the lowest value?.
Answer: SATA (spatial average and temporal average)
◉ Where is the Eustachian valve located ?.
Answer: In between the IVC and the right atrium.
◉ What's another name for the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract
(RVOT) ?.
Answer: Infundibulum
,◉ Where is the coronary sinus located in relation to the descending
aorta?.
Answer: Anterior
◉ The three cusps of the tricuspid valve are?.
Answer: Anterior
Medial
Posterior
◉ What's the two main layers of the pericardium?.
Answer: 1.) Visceral = lies directly upon external surface of the heart
and is commonly referred to as the epicardium.
2,) Parietal = or fibrous pericardium is the thick outer sac.
*The pericardial cavity lies between these two layers.
◉ What is the normal pressure for the right ventricle ?.
Answer: 25/5 mmHg
◉ What is the normal pressure for the pulmonary artery?.
Answer: 25/10 mmHg
◉ What is the normal pressure for the left atrium?.
, Answer: 10mmHg
◉ What is the normal pressure for the aorta ?.
Answer: 120/80 mmHg
◉ What are the two cusps of the mitral valve ?.
Answer: Anterior (long) and the posterior (short)
◉ When is the left ventricular pressure the lowest?.
Answer: Early diastole
◉ What is Becks Triad and what does it cause?.
Answer: AKA cardiac tamponade. Causes an elevated pressure in
heart, hypotension and a quiet heart
◉ What are the effects of pulmonary HTN ?.
Answer: Dilated pulmonary artery
Severe TR
RV dilation
◉ What happens to the size of an aneurysm during systole?.
Answer: It increases
