OMSA STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Name the 4 valves in the heart - ANS Tricuspid valve
Aortic Valve
Mitral Valve
pulmonic Valve
Where is the Tricuspid valve located? - ANS Between the right atrium and right ventricle
Where is the Mitral valve located? - ANS Between the left atrium and the left ventricle
Where is the Aortic valve located? - ANS Between the aorta and the heart's left ventricle
Where is the pulmonic valve located? - ANS Between the" right ventricle and the pulmonary
artery
What is the function of valves in the heart? - ANS To prevent the backflow of blood
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,When you listen to a normal heart beat through a stethoscope what sound does it make, and
what causes this sound? - ANS Lub-dub; caused by the aortic and pulmonic valves closing
What is angina pectoris? - ANS Another name for chest pain of cardiac origin
What is angina pectoris caused by? - ANS Ischemia or lack of oxygen to the heart muscle
How does nitroglycerin affect the body? - ANS It dilates the coronary arteries and increases
the blood flow to the heart
When does angina pectoris turn into a myocardial infarction? - ANS When the heart is
deprived of oxygen too long and a portion of the heart dies
Death of the heart muscle - ANS necrosis
Risk factors of cardiovascular disease (12) - ANS Family history of heart disease
Smokers
Hypercholesterolemia
Diabetes
Obesity
Sedentary lifestyle
Hypertension
Advancing age
History of MI
Congestive heart failure
Heart valve dysfunction
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, dysrhythmias
Signs and symptoms of Myocardial infarction (MI)
(5) - ANS -Chest pain not relieved by nitroglycerin
-Pain radiate down the left arm or up the left jaw
-Blood pressure drop
-weak with thready pulse
-nausea or vomiting
What should you do if you suspect a patient is having a MI? - ANS Morphine
Oxygen
Nitrates
Aspirin
Place patient on monitors and start IV asap
What is congestive heart failure? - ANS The heart cannot pump blood in a forward motion
What happens when there is CHF on the right side? - ANS Excess blood an fluid backing up
systemically; meaning in the rest of the body
What are the symptoms of right sided CHF? - ANS Swelling in the ankles and ascetics (belly)
Distended neck veins
What happens when there is CHF on the left side? - ANS Fluid backing up into the lungs
causing pt to cough pink frothy sputum.
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AND CORRECT ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Name the 4 valves in the heart - ANS Tricuspid valve
Aortic Valve
Mitral Valve
pulmonic Valve
Where is the Tricuspid valve located? - ANS Between the right atrium and right ventricle
Where is the Mitral valve located? - ANS Between the left atrium and the left ventricle
Where is the Aortic valve located? - ANS Between the aorta and the heart's left ventricle
Where is the pulmonic valve located? - ANS Between the" right ventricle and the pulmonary
artery
What is the function of valves in the heart? - ANS To prevent the backflow of blood
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,When you listen to a normal heart beat through a stethoscope what sound does it make, and
what causes this sound? - ANS Lub-dub; caused by the aortic and pulmonic valves closing
What is angina pectoris? - ANS Another name for chest pain of cardiac origin
What is angina pectoris caused by? - ANS Ischemia or lack of oxygen to the heart muscle
How does nitroglycerin affect the body? - ANS It dilates the coronary arteries and increases
the blood flow to the heart
When does angina pectoris turn into a myocardial infarction? - ANS When the heart is
deprived of oxygen too long and a portion of the heart dies
Death of the heart muscle - ANS necrosis
Risk factors of cardiovascular disease (12) - ANS Family history of heart disease
Smokers
Hypercholesterolemia
Diabetes
Obesity
Sedentary lifestyle
Hypertension
Advancing age
History of MI
Congestive heart failure
Heart valve dysfunction
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, dysrhythmias
Signs and symptoms of Myocardial infarction (MI)
(5) - ANS -Chest pain not relieved by nitroglycerin
-Pain radiate down the left arm or up the left jaw
-Blood pressure drop
-weak with thready pulse
-nausea or vomiting
What should you do if you suspect a patient is having a MI? - ANS Morphine
Oxygen
Nitrates
Aspirin
Place patient on monitors and start IV asap
What is congestive heart failure? - ANS The heart cannot pump blood in a forward motion
What happens when there is CHF on the right side? - ANS Excess blood an fluid backing up
systemically; meaning in the rest of the body
What are the symptoms of right sided CHF? - ANS Swelling in the ankles and ascetics (belly)
Distended neck veins
What happens when there is CHF on the left side? - ANS Fluid backing up into the lungs
causing pt to cough pink frothy sputum.
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