Heart Test Ultimate Study Guide Questions AND Correct Answers
A drop of blood traveling through the heart - ✔✔
aortic valve/aortic semilunar valve - ✔✔heart valve between the left
ventricle and the aorta
apex of the heart - ✔✔lower tip of the heart/left ventricle
Arrhythmia - ✔✔An abnormal heart rhythm due to changes in the
conduction of electrical impulses through the heart. Some are benign,
but others are life threatening.
Artificial Pacemakers - ✔✔If the SA node becomes damaged or
diseased, the slower AV node can pick up the pacemaking task. If
activity of both nodes is suppressed, an artificial pacemaker may be
surgically implanted. This device sends out small electrical currents to
stimulate the heart to contract.
Atrial fibrillation - ✔✔Abnormal electrical impulses in the atria cause
an irregular heartbeat. This is one of the most common arrhythmias.
Auscultaition - ✔✔Listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or other
organs, typically with a stethoscope, as a part of medical diagnosis
, base of heart - ✔✔top of the heart/both atriums
bicuspid valve/left atrioventricular valve/mitral valve - ✔✔valve
between the left atrium and the left ventricle.
Cardiac arrest - ✔✔Sudden loss of heart function.
cardiac output - ✔✔the volume of blood ejected from the left
ventricle (or the right ventricle) into the aorta (or pulmonary trunk)
each minute
cardiac reserve - ✔✔the ratio between the maximum cardiac output a
person can achieve and the cardiac output at rest
Cardiology - ✔✔study of the heart
Cardiomyopathy - ✔✔A disease of heart muscle in which the heart is
abnormally enlarged, thickened, and/or stiffened. As a result, the
heart's ability to pump blood is weakened.
Congestive heart failure - ✔✔The heart is either too weak or too stiff
to effectively pump blood through the body. Shortness of breath and
leg swelling are common symptoms.
A drop of blood traveling through the heart - ✔✔
aortic valve/aortic semilunar valve - ✔✔heart valve between the left
ventricle and the aorta
apex of the heart - ✔✔lower tip of the heart/left ventricle
Arrhythmia - ✔✔An abnormal heart rhythm due to changes in the
conduction of electrical impulses through the heart. Some are benign,
but others are life threatening.
Artificial Pacemakers - ✔✔If the SA node becomes damaged or
diseased, the slower AV node can pick up the pacemaking task. If
activity of both nodes is suppressed, an artificial pacemaker may be
surgically implanted. This device sends out small electrical currents to
stimulate the heart to contract.
Atrial fibrillation - ✔✔Abnormal electrical impulses in the atria cause
an irregular heartbeat. This is one of the most common arrhythmias.
Auscultaition - ✔✔Listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or other
organs, typically with a stethoscope, as a part of medical diagnosis
, base of heart - ✔✔top of the heart/both atriums
bicuspid valve/left atrioventricular valve/mitral valve - ✔✔valve
between the left atrium and the left ventricle.
Cardiac arrest - ✔✔Sudden loss of heart function.
cardiac output - ✔✔the volume of blood ejected from the left
ventricle (or the right ventricle) into the aorta (or pulmonary trunk)
each minute
cardiac reserve - ✔✔the ratio between the maximum cardiac output a
person can achieve and the cardiac output at rest
Cardiology - ✔✔study of the heart
Cardiomyopathy - ✔✔A disease of heart muscle in which the heart is
abnormally enlarged, thickened, and/or stiffened. As a result, the
heart's ability to pump blood is weakened.
Congestive heart failure - ✔✔The heart is either too weak or too stiff
to effectively pump blood through the body. Shortness of breath and
leg swelling are common symptoms.
