ASPT EKG CERTIFICATION
EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDE questions
and answers
pulmonary circulation ✔✔What do you call circulation that goes from the
heart's right atrium to the lungs where it is oxygenated and releases built
up carbon dioxide?
the stimulus to generate the heart beat does not occur in the SA node
✔✔What happens if the heart beat fires ectopically?
they hold the heart valves in place ✔✔What do the Chordae Tendinea do?
it is the sound of faulty action when the valves close ✔✔What is a heart
murmur?
the lack of sufficient blood supply to an area of the myocardium ✔✔What is
ischemia?
the patient would feel heart pain ✔✔If there is inadequate blood flow to the
heart muscle what would happen to the patient?
myocardial infarction (MI) ✔✔What occurs when the myocardial tissue
suffers death to the area because of insufficient blood flow?
,untreated high blood pressure ✔✔What is one of the major causes of heart
failure?
asystole is a flat line while agonal is less than 20 beats per minute ✔✔What
is the difference between agonal and asystole on an EKG?
recording or tracing of an EKG ✔✔What is an electrocardiogram?
10 electrodes ✔✔How many electrodes are in a 12 lead EKG?
is the beginning of a beat until the beginning of the next beat, PQRST on
the EKG ✔✔What is a cardiac cycle?
one entire cardiac cycle ✔✔What does the PQRST complex represent?
the relaxation/repolarization of the ventricles ✔✔What does the T wave
show?
a straight, hard vertical line or spike on an EKG ✔✔What does an artificial
pacemaker look like?
the pointed bottom end of the heart ✔✔What is the apex of the heart?
, on the diaphragm ✔✔Where does the apex lie?
base of the heart ✔✔What is the upper border of the heart, which is broad
in shape?
to the left atrium ✔✔Where does the blood go after the pulmonary veins?
it encloses the heart ✔✔What does the pericardial sac do?
the relaxation phase ✔✔What is repolarization?
the contracting phase ✔✔What is depolarization?
2nd ✔✔Below which rib is the base of the heart located?
during the contracting or systolic phase ✔✔When do the heart's ventricle
chambers empty out all of the blood?
they are pumping the blood out of the chamber by contraction ✔✔What
happens when the ventricles are in systole phase?
left ventricle ✔✔What is the largest chamber in the heart?
EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDE questions
and answers
pulmonary circulation ✔✔What do you call circulation that goes from the
heart's right atrium to the lungs where it is oxygenated and releases built
up carbon dioxide?
the stimulus to generate the heart beat does not occur in the SA node
✔✔What happens if the heart beat fires ectopically?
they hold the heart valves in place ✔✔What do the Chordae Tendinea do?
it is the sound of faulty action when the valves close ✔✔What is a heart
murmur?
the lack of sufficient blood supply to an area of the myocardium ✔✔What is
ischemia?
the patient would feel heart pain ✔✔If there is inadequate blood flow to the
heart muscle what would happen to the patient?
myocardial infarction (MI) ✔✔What occurs when the myocardial tissue
suffers death to the area because of insufficient blood flow?
,untreated high blood pressure ✔✔What is one of the major causes of heart
failure?
asystole is a flat line while agonal is less than 20 beats per minute ✔✔What
is the difference between agonal and asystole on an EKG?
recording or tracing of an EKG ✔✔What is an electrocardiogram?
10 electrodes ✔✔How many electrodes are in a 12 lead EKG?
is the beginning of a beat until the beginning of the next beat, PQRST on
the EKG ✔✔What is a cardiac cycle?
one entire cardiac cycle ✔✔What does the PQRST complex represent?
the relaxation/repolarization of the ventricles ✔✔What does the T wave
show?
a straight, hard vertical line or spike on an EKG ✔✔What does an artificial
pacemaker look like?
the pointed bottom end of the heart ✔✔What is the apex of the heart?
, on the diaphragm ✔✔Where does the apex lie?
base of the heart ✔✔What is the upper border of the heart, which is broad
in shape?
to the left atrium ✔✔Where does the blood go after the pulmonary veins?
it encloses the heart ✔✔What does the pericardial sac do?
the relaxation phase ✔✔What is repolarization?
the contracting phase ✔✔What is depolarization?
2nd ✔✔Below which rib is the base of the heart located?
during the contracting or systolic phase ✔✔When do the heart's ventricle
chambers empty out all of the blood?
they are pumping the blood out of the chamber by contraction ✔✔What
happens when the ventricles are in systole phase?
left ventricle ✔✔What is the largest chamber in the heart?
