AMCA EKG EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
1. The use of a non-invasive and
Echocardiography
painless ul- trasound to examine the
heart, its chambers and valves is
known as?
2. Wave forms displayed on a screen is called? Electrocardiogram
3. The breast bone is referred to as? The sternum
4. The pericardio sac that surrounds the A tough fibrous outer layer called the
heart wall is?
vis- ceral pericardium and inner
thin trans- parent lining called the
fibrous peri- cardium.
5. What are the three layers of the heart wall? Epicardium (outer),
Myocardium (mid-
dle), and Endocardium (inner).
6. The atrioventricular valve between the The mitral valve
left atrium and left ventricle is?
7. The wall that separates the two
Interatrial septum
superior chambers of the heart is
called?
Atrioventricular valves
8. The heart valves that separates the
atria from the ventricles are
called?
9. The skeleton of the heart? separates the atria from the
ventricles
10. The heart receives most of its own coronary arteries
blood supply via the
11. Regulation of the heart rate, speed of electri- Central nervous system
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cal conduction, and strength of
contraction are influenced by the
brain via the?
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12. The cardiac accelerator center is? Part of the sympathetic nervous
system
13. The most muscular chamber of the left ventricle (power house)
heart that forces blood through the
aortic valve is the?
14. During depolarization, what happens? Impulses are generated and
transmitted
when positively charged ions move
in- side cells causing the interior to
become positively charged.
15. Blood return to the heart from the Pulmonary veins
lungs via 4 blood vessels are
named?
Pulmonary arteries
16. Blood travels to the lungs where
carbon dioxide is unloaded and
oxygen is loaded. The blood vessels
that carry the blood from the heart
the lungs are?
Early systole (contracting)
17. During which phase of the cardiac
cycle do the coronary arteries fill?
18. How much of the blood coming into the ven- 70% or 80%
tricles flows passively through the atria?
19. With the ECG paper Five small squares, which make
up a larger box, represent 0.20
seconds in duration.
20. On ECG paper, horizontal measurements are heart rate
used to determine the?
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ANSWERS.
1. The use of a non-invasive and
Echocardiography
painless ul- trasound to examine the
heart, its chambers and valves is
known as?
2. Wave forms displayed on a screen is called? Electrocardiogram
3. The breast bone is referred to as? The sternum
4. The pericardio sac that surrounds the A tough fibrous outer layer called the
heart wall is?
vis- ceral pericardium and inner
thin trans- parent lining called the
fibrous peri- cardium.
5. What are the three layers of the heart wall? Epicardium (outer),
Myocardium (mid-
dle), and Endocardium (inner).
6. The atrioventricular valve between the The mitral valve
left atrium and left ventricle is?
7. The wall that separates the two
Interatrial septum
superior chambers of the heart is
called?
Atrioventricular valves
8. The heart valves that separates the
atria from the ventricles are
called?
9. The skeleton of the heart? separates the atria from the
ventricles
10. The heart receives most of its own coronary arteries
blood supply via the
11. Regulation of the heart rate, speed of electri- Central nervous system
1/
19
, AMCA EKG EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
cal conduction, and strength of
contraction are influenced by the
brain via the?
2/
19
, AMCA EKG EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
12. The cardiac accelerator center is? Part of the sympathetic nervous
system
13. The most muscular chamber of the left ventricle (power house)
heart that forces blood through the
aortic valve is the?
14. During depolarization, what happens? Impulses are generated and
transmitted
when positively charged ions move
in- side cells causing the interior to
become positively charged.
15. Blood return to the heart from the Pulmonary veins
lungs via 4 blood vessels are
named?
Pulmonary arteries
16. Blood travels to the lungs where
carbon dioxide is unloaded and
oxygen is loaded. The blood vessels
that carry the blood from the heart
the lungs are?
Early systole (contracting)
17. During which phase of the cardiac
cycle do the coronary arteries fill?
18. How much of the blood coming into the ven- 70% or 80%
tricles flows passively through the atria?
19. With the ECG paper Five small squares, which make
up a larger box, represent 0.20
seconds in duration.
20. On ECG paper, horizontal measurements are heart rate
used to determine the?
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