ESSENTIAL HUMAN ANATOM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A PLUS
Question:
A patient is suspected to have peripheral edema due to heart failure. Which side of the heart would
be in failure. Explain.
Answer:
The right side. If the right side of the heart cannot pump blood into the the heart efficiently, blood
and fluid will back up into the veins, causing swelling in body tissues
Question:
A patient has a diagnosis of right sided heart failure. Which of the following signs/symptoms would
they most likely present with?
Answer:
Swollen ankles
Question:
A patient is admitted to the ER with a thromboemolism. Your patient is given t-PA. Why?
Answer:
To dissolve blood clots
Question:
Your patient has a diagnosis of atherosclerosis. Would you expect you patient to also have
hypertension? why or why not?
Answer:
Yes. Atherosclerosis is an accumulation of soft masses of fatty materials, often cholesterol, inside
the arteries. These deposits called plaque accumulate beneath the inner lingings of the arteries. As
plaque continues to build up it tends to protrude into the vessel, interfering with normal blood flow.
,Question:
Your patient is admitted to the hospital for an angioplasty. Use your own words to explain to your
patient about what is going to happen in this procedure.
Answer:
A surgeon will thread a plastic tube into the artery of an arm or leg. The tube is then guided through
the blood vessel toward the heart. When the tube reaches the segment clogged by plaque in a
coronary artery, the balloon attached to the end of the tube is inflated, forcing the vessel open.
Question:
True or False: Lymph flows from the heart out to the tissues cia the lymphatic vessels.
Answer:
False (one way only from tissues to the heart)
Question:
True or false: Fluid inside the tissues that is not returned via the the veins is returned to the heart
through the lymph system.
Answer:
true
Question:
True or false: Lymph fluid moves in the following order: lymphatic duct ->lymph vessels -> lymph
capillaries ->veins.
Answer:
false
Question:
A patient has lymphendema in his right leg. What lymph vessel would most likely be obstructed?
, Answer:
Thoracic duct (drains fluid from the left side of body, both lower extremeties)
Question:
Which of the following statements are true concerning lymph nodes? A. Lymph nodes tend to be
grouped together in the palms of the hand and the bottoms of the feet B. Lymph nodes act as a
filtering center to remove debris C. There are more efferent vessels than afferent vessels D. Fluid
flows into the efferent vessels and out of the afferent vessels E. C and D are ture.
Answer:
B. Lymph nodes act as a filtering center to remove debris
Question:
Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning the spleen? A. It is found in the left side of
the abdomen B. it acts as to remove old platelets in the blood C. It has many efferent and afferent
lymph vessels D. It is divided into regions called lobules E. A and B are true.
Answer:
C. It has many different efferent and afferent lymph vessels
Question:
Blood enters the spleen via the _______________.
Answer:
splenic artery
Question:
Blood leaving the spleen flows into this vessel which also carries blood drained from intestines
stomach and pancreas.
Answer:
Hepatic portal system
GRADED A PLUS
Question:
A patient is suspected to have peripheral edema due to heart failure. Which side of the heart would
be in failure. Explain.
Answer:
The right side. If the right side of the heart cannot pump blood into the the heart efficiently, blood
and fluid will back up into the veins, causing swelling in body tissues
Question:
A patient has a diagnosis of right sided heart failure. Which of the following signs/symptoms would
they most likely present with?
Answer:
Swollen ankles
Question:
A patient is admitted to the ER with a thromboemolism. Your patient is given t-PA. Why?
Answer:
To dissolve blood clots
Question:
Your patient has a diagnosis of atherosclerosis. Would you expect you patient to also have
hypertension? why or why not?
Answer:
Yes. Atherosclerosis is an accumulation of soft masses of fatty materials, often cholesterol, inside
the arteries. These deposits called plaque accumulate beneath the inner lingings of the arteries. As
plaque continues to build up it tends to protrude into the vessel, interfering with normal blood flow.
,Question:
Your patient is admitted to the hospital for an angioplasty. Use your own words to explain to your
patient about what is going to happen in this procedure.
Answer:
A surgeon will thread a plastic tube into the artery of an arm or leg. The tube is then guided through
the blood vessel toward the heart. When the tube reaches the segment clogged by plaque in a
coronary artery, the balloon attached to the end of the tube is inflated, forcing the vessel open.
Question:
True or False: Lymph flows from the heart out to the tissues cia the lymphatic vessels.
Answer:
False (one way only from tissues to the heart)
Question:
True or false: Fluid inside the tissues that is not returned via the the veins is returned to the heart
through the lymph system.
Answer:
true
Question:
True or false: Lymph fluid moves in the following order: lymphatic duct ->lymph vessels -> lymph
capillaries ->veins.
Answer:
false
Question:
A patient has lymphendema in his right leg. What lymph vessel would most likely be obstructed?
, Answer:
Thoracic duct (drains fluid from the left side of body, both lower extremeties)
Question:
Which of the following statements are true concerning lymph nodes? A. Lymph nodes tend to be
grouped together in the palms of the hand and the bottoms of the feet B. Lymph nodes act as a
filtering center to remove debris C. There are more efferent vessels than afferent vessels D. Fluid
flows into the efferent vessels and out of the afferent vessels E. C and D are ture.
Answer:
B. Lymph nodes act as a filtering center to remove debris
Question:
Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning the spleen? A. It is found in the left side of
the abdomen B. it acts as to remove old platelets in the blood C. It has many efferent and afferent
lymph vessels D. It is divided into regions called lobules E. A and B are true.
Answer:
C. It has many different efferent and afferent lymph vessels
Question:
Blood enters the spleen via the _______________.
Answer:
splenic artery
Question:
Blood leaving the spleen flows into this vessel which also carries blood drained from intestines
stomach and pancreas.
Answer:
Hepatic portal system
