1. The apex of the heart is the top part. False
2. Which valve separates the right ventricle from the pul- pulmonary valve
monary artery?
3. The wall between the left and right atria of the heart is interatrial septum.
the:
4. Malaria, a virus spread by mosquitos, causes destruction of red blood
hemoly- sis. What does this mean?
cells
5. have thick walls and carry oxygen rich blood away from
the heart.-Arteries
6. Myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest mean False
the same thing.
7. Since she recently turned 50, Leila's doctor
wanted to have her walk for a while on a treadmill stress test.
while machines measured her oxygen levels and
heartbeat. This is called a(n):
8. The term for the double layered sac that
contains the heart is:-
pericardium
9. Evan's doctor suspects that he may have a blood ultrasonography
clot in his leg. What test might Evan's doctor use
to look at blood going through the vessels in his
leg?
10. De oxygenated blood that
is
being returned to the
heart from the lower
ex- tremity of the body
travels
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through the:- inferior
vena cava.
11. Owen has been diagnosed with cardiomegaly. Owen's heart is
What does this mean? abnormal- ly large.
12. During his open heart surgery, Barret's
sur-
geon explains that he
intends to use
autolo- gous blood
transfusion to lesson
Barret's blood loss.
Breaking down the
term, where is the
blood
transfusion coming
from?- Auto. means
self, so this is his own
blood.
13. The device with wires that are implanted in the False
heart wall to deliver an electrical signal to
regulate heart- beats is called a Holter monitor.
14. NFL athletes are susceptible to the condition
po- liomyelitis because of repeated impacts False
playing the game.
15. The two major divisions of the nervous system are the
False central nervous system and the autonomic
nervous system.
16. Checking the function of the brain by injecting a PET scan
ra- dioactive dye and observing brain activity is
called:
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