NUR 1060C Cardiovascular Assessment Exam #2 Questions Well Answered
Apex - Answers Bottom of the heart
Base - Answers Top of the heart
Chambers - Answers Atria (right & left)
Ventricles (right & left)
Valves (atrioventricular) - Answers Tricuspid
Mitral
Valves (semilunar) - Answers Pulmonic
Aortic
Arteries (characterists) - Answers (away from heart)
Oxygenated blood
Elastic fibers
Muscle fibers
Pulse
High pressure
Veins - Answers (towards the heart)
Deoxygenated blood
Lay close to the skin surface
Skeletal muscle contractions
One directional valves
Low pressure (thin)
Easily accessible
Path of blood through the heart - Answers 1. SV & IV
2. Right Atrium
3. Tricuspid valve
, 4. Right ventricle
5. Pulmonary Valve
6. Pulmonary artery
7. Lungs
8. Left Atrium
9. Left Ventricle
10. Aorta
11. Rest of the body
Great Vessels - Answers Superior Vena Cava
Inferior Vena Cava
Aorta
Pulmonary artery
Pulmonary veins
Superior Vena Cava & Inferior Vena Cava - Answers right side return of unoxygenated blood
Aorta - Answers Bring blood to rest of the body
Pulmonary artery & Pulmonary viens - Answers oxygenated blood to left side of body
Arterial System - Answers heart under high pressure
pressure wave = pulse
ischemia
peripheral artery disease
Ischemia - Answers inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of body
Peripheral artery disease - Answers poor circulation due to build up in plaque causing pain
Venous system - Answers muscle contraction
abdominal thoracic pressure
one way valves venous insufficiency
Apex - Answers Bottom of the heart
Base - Answers Top of the heart
Chambers - Answers Atria (right & left)
Ventricles (right & left)
Valves (atrioventricular) - Answers Tricuspid
Mitral
Valves (semilunar) - Answers Pulmonic
Aortic
Arteries (characterists) - Answers (away from heart)
Oxygenated blood
Elastic fibers
Muscle fibers
Pulse
High pressure
Veins - Answers (towards the heart)
Deoxygenated blood
Lay close to the skin surface
Skeletal muscle contractions
One directional valves
Low pressure (thin)
Easily accessible
Path of blood through the heart - Answers 1. SV & IV
2. Right Atrium
3. Tricuspid valve
, 4. Right ventricle
5. Pulmonary Valve
6. Pulmonary artery
7. Lungs
8. Left Atrium
9. Left Ventricle
10. Aorta
11. Rest of the body
Great Vessels - Answers Superior Vena Cava
Inferior Vena Cava
Aorta
Pulmonary artery
Pulmonary veins
Superior Vena Cava & Inferior Vena Cava - Answers right side return of unoxygenated blood
Aorta - Answers Bring blood to rest of the body
Pulmonary artery & Pulmonary viens - Answers oxygenated blood to left side of body
Arterial System - Answers heart under high pressure
pressure wave = pulse
ischemia
peripheral artery disease
Ischemia - Answers inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of body
Peripheral artery disease - Answers poor circulation due to build up in plaque causing pain
Venous system - Answers muscle contraction
abdominal thoracic pressure
one way valves venous insufficiency
