QUIZ 3 - NUR 307 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

QUIZ 3 - NUR 307 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS


Apical impulse - ans- xz xz xz




The heartbeat is most easily palpated over the apex, This point is referred to as the apical i
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mpulse or point of maximum impulse PMI
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Mediastinal space - ans- xz xz xz




cavity between the lungs and above the diaphragm, aka mediastinum
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Pericardium - ans-thin sac composed of several layers that surrounds the heart.
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fibrous paricardium - ans- xz xz xz




protects the heart and anchors it to the adjacent structures such as the diaphragm and grea
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t vessels.
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serous layer of pericardium - ans-the inner layer of the pericardium
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Visceral layer of pericardium - ans-The inner layer, which lines the surface of the heart.
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myocardium - ans-heart muscle xz xz xz




epicardium - ans-outer layer of the heart xz xz xz xz xz xz




endocardium - ans-smooth layer of cells lining the inside of the heart xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz




right atrium - ans-thin-
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walled chamber located above and slightly to the right of the right ventricle. it forms the right
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border of the heart Deoxygenated venous blood from the systemic circulation enters the rig
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ht atrium via the inferior and superior venae cavae and the coronary sinus.
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right ventricle - ans-
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triangular and comprises much of the anterior or sternocostal surface of the heart. After rec
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eiving deoxygenated blood from the right atrium, the right ventricle ejects it through the pul
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monary semilunar valve to the trunk of the pulmonary arteries so that the blood may be oxy
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Left atrium - ans-
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posterior aspect of the heart. muscular structure is slightly thicker than that of the right atriu
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m. receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vasculature via the pulmonary veins. blo
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od is pumped through the mitral or bicuspid valve into the left vesicle.
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stenosis - ans-narrowing xz xz