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1. Stroke Volume - answer the amount of blood left ventricle pumps in
each beat. (mL/beat)
2. Cardiac output- definition - answer The amount of blood pumped into
the aorta each minute. (units= mL/min)
3. Cardiac output- equation - answer (HR) X (Stroke Volume) Avg.
healthy adult= 4-8 L/min
4. Venous return - answer amount of blood flowing into the right heart
from the systemic ciruclation
5. Blood Pressure- definition - answer force exerted by the blood against
the walls of the arteries as the ventricles contract and relax
6. Blood pressure- equation - answer (cardiac output) X (peripheral
resistance) or you could put it another way: (HR)(Stroke
Volume)(Peripheral Resistance)
,7. An increase in Potassium or decrease in Calcium cause the heart to be
____. - answer flaccid, limp, dilated, lower HR
8. Excess Calcium can cause the heart to be _____. - answer spastic
contractions.
9. Although about 70% of ventricular filling occurs passively, ______
______ contributes an additional 10% to 30% of blood flow to ventricular
filling. - answer atrial kick
10.The area in the middle of the thoracic cavity in which the heart lies is the:
- answer Mediastinum
11.The inferior surface of the heart is formed by the - answer Right and
left ventricles
12.Receives blood from the superior and inferior vena cavae and the
coronary sinus - answer The right atrium
13.The right ventricle - answer Pumps unoxygenated blood into the
pulmonary circulation
14.The _____ pericardium is the inner layer of the pericardium, which is
also the outer layer of the heart wall called the _____. - answer
Visceral, epicardium
15.When a ventricle relaxes in the normal heart, blood is prevented from
flowing back into it by - answer A semilunar valve
,16.Which of the following conditions are potentially reversible? - answer
Myocardial ischemia and myocardial injury
17.Which of the following is the innermost layer of the heart that lines its
inner chambers, valves and is continuous with the innermost layers of the
arteries, veins and capillaries of the body? - answer Endocardium
18.Which of the following statements is CORRECT - answer A branch of
the right coronary artery supplies the right atrium and the right ventricle
19.The main electrolytes that affect cardiac function are - answer
Sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium
20.When an ECG machine is properly calibrated, a 1-millivolt (mV)
electrical signal will produce a deflection measuring exactly ______ tall.
- answer Ten millimeters
21.The ST segment is measured from - answer The end of the QRS to the
beginning of the T wave
22.Where is the positive electrode placed in Lead III? - answer Left
leg/foot
23.Five large boxes, each consisting of five small boxes, represent _____ on
ECG paper. - answer One second
24.Another term for ventricular escape rhythm - answer Idioventricular
Rhythm (IVR)
25.Agonal rhythm - answer IVR with HR < 20 bpm
, 26.HR for IVR (ventricular escape rhythm) - answer 20-40 bpm
27.Signs and symptoms experienced during a tachydysrhythmia are usually
primarily related to: - answer Decreased ventricular filling time and
stroke volume
28.The most common type of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) -
answer AV nodal reentrant tachycarida (AVNRT)
29.Which of the following rhythm originates in the SA node and is
commonly phasic with breathing? - answer Sinus arrhythmia
30.HR Range: Idioventricular, Acc Idioventricular, and Vtach - answer
20-40, 41-100, 101+
31.HR Range: Juncitonal, Acc Junctional, and Junctional Tach - answer
40-60, 61-100, 101+
32.Intrinsic rate of SA node - answer 60-100 bpm
33.Intrinsic rate of AV node - answer 40-60 bpm
34.Intrinsic rate of Purkinje fibers (ventricles) - answer 20-40 bpm
35.2 types of v-tach - answer monomorphic (all the same) and
polymorphic (looks like a spindle)