NURS 2245 - CV Assessment | Macomb Community College | Questions with
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Question: number 1 killer in america
Answer:
cardiovascular disease
Question: what is perfusion?
Answer:
the passage of nutrients and oxygenated blood through the body to the cells and the removal of
cellular waste products depends on normal functioning of respiratory and cardiac systems
Question: modifiable risk factors for impaired perfusion (7)
Answer:
smoking elevated cholesterol sedentary lifestyle obesity diabetes hypertension
personality
Question: unmodifiable risk factors for impaired perfusion (3)
Answer:
age gender genetics
Question: what personality type may be a risk factor for impaired
perfusion
Answer:
type D personality these are the people that are always worried. they do negative self-talk,
sad, irritable these people are more likely to die than those who don't have this personality
type
Question: what 3 separate systems of the heart work together in
synchronization
Answer:
mechanical (pump) pumping (blood flow) electrical (rhythm)
Question: during systole, the valves in the heart do what and why
Answer:
they close to prevent backflow of blood into the atria
,Question: how many milliliters of blood does the heart pump with each
beat
Answer:
60 mL each beat or 5L per minute
Question: what is the covering that protects the heart called?
Answer:
pericardium
, Question: how does blood flow through the heart? (8 steps)
Answer:
right side
1. oxygen-poor blood from all over your body enters your right atrium through two large
veins, your inferior vena cava and superior vena cava.
2. your tricuspid valves opens to let blood travel from your right atrium to your right
ventricle.
3. when your right ventricle is full it squeezes, which closes your tricuspid valve and
opens your pulmonary valve.
4. blood flows through your pulmonary artery to your lungs, where it gets oxygen
left side
1. oxygen-rich blood travels from your lungs to your left atrium through large veins
called pulmonary veins.
2. your mitral valve opens to send blood from your left atrium to your left ventricle.
3. when your left ventricle is full it squeezes, which closes your mitral valve and opens
your aortic valve.
4. your heart sends blood through your aortic valve to your aorta, where it flows to the
rest of your body.
100% Verified Answers | Latest Update
Question: number 1 killer in america
Answer:
cardiovascular disease
Question: what is perfusion?
Answer:
the passage of nutrients and oxygenated blood through the body to the cells and the removal of
cellular waste products depends on normal functioning of respiratory and cardiac systems
Question: modifiable risk factors for impaired perfusion (7)
Answer:
smoking elevated cholesterol sedentary lifestyle obesity diabetes hypertension
personality
Question: unmodifiable risk factors for impaired perfusion (3)
Answer:
age gender genetics
Question: what personality type may be a risk factor for impaired
perfusion
Answer:
type D personality these are the people that are always worried. they do negative self-talk,
sad, irritable these people are more likely to die than those who don't have this personality
type
Question: what 3 separate systems of the heart work together in
synchronization
Answer:
mechanical (pump) pumping (blood flow) electrical (rhythm)
Question: during systole, the valves in the heart do what and why
Answer:
they close to prevent backflow of blood into the atria
,Question: how many milliliters of blood does the heart pump with each
beat
Answer:
60 mL each beat or 5L per minute
Question: what is the covering that protects the heart called?
Answer:
pericardium
, Question: how does blood flow through the heart? (8 steps)
Answer:
right side
1. oxygen-poor blood from all over your body enters your right atrium through two large
veins, your inferior vena cava and superior vena cava.
2. your tricuspid valves opens to let blood travel from your right atrium to your right
ventricle.
3. when your right ventricle is full it squeezes, which closes your tricuspid valve and
opens your pulmonary valve.
4. blood flows through your pulmonary artery to your lungs, where it gets oxygen
left side
1. oxygen-rich blood travels from your lungs to your left atrium through large veins
called pulmonary veins.
2. your mitral valve opens to send blood from your left atrium to your left ventricle.
3. when your left ventricle is full it squeezes, which closes your mitral valve and opens
your aortic valve.
4. your heart sends blood through your aortic valve to your aorta, where it flows to the
rest of your body.
