UNE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM VERIFIED
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Causes trauma to arterial walls and increased myocardial
workload
Answer: hypertension
◉ Increases body weight and triglyceride levels and has direct toxic
effects on myocardium
Answer: heavy alcohol consumption
◉ Associated with hyperlipidemia, obesity, hypertension, and
arterial damage from insulin resistance
Answer: Diabetes
◉ A patient has an embolus lodge in the coronary artery. Which
condition should the nurse monitor for in this patient?
A. mitral stenosis
B. Atherosclerosis
C. Aortic Aneurysm
D. Mycardial infarction
,Answer: D. myocardial infarction
◉ A nurse is how prolonged standing can lead to varicose veins.
How should the nurse respond?
A. prolonged standing causes a clot
B. prolonged standing increases a valves competence
C. prolonged standing leads to stunning, hibernation, and
remodeling
D. Prolonged standing diminished the action of the muscle pump to
return blood to the heart
Answer: D. prolonged standing diminished the action of the muscle
pump to return blood to the heart
◉ In the cardiac cycle, the ventricles contract during:
A. the refractory period
B. disease
C. repolarization
D. systole
Answer: D. systole
,◉ The effect of sympathetic nervous system stimulation on the heart
is to:
A. increase the refractory period
B. increase the heart rate
C. decrease calcium influx
D. decrease the strength of myocardial contraction
Answer: B increase the heart rate
◉ The heart chamber that receives blood from the pulmonary
circulation is the:
A. right Atrium
B. right ventricle
C. left atrium
D. left ventricle
Answer: D. left atrium
◉ Arterial baroreceptors are located in the
A. renal artery
B. superior vena cava
, C. aortic arch
D. circle of Willis
Answer: C. aortic arch
◉ According to starlings law of the heart, a small increase in left
ventricular end-diastolic volumes in the healthy heart will result in:
A. a decrease in force of contraction
B. an increase in myocardial oxygenation
C. an increase in heart rate
D. an increase in cardiac output
Answer: D. increase in cardiac output
◉ Multiplying heart rate by stroke volume determines:
A. vascular resistance
B. cardiac output
C. ejection fraction
D. preload
Answer: B. cardiac output
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Causes trauma to arterial walls and increased myocardial
workload
Answer: hypertension
◉ Increases body weight and triglyceride levels and has direct toxic
effects on myocardium
Answer: heavy alcohol consumption
◉ Associated with hyperlipidemia, obesity, hypertension, and
arterial damage from insulin resistance
Answer: Diabetes
◉ A patient has an embolus lodge in the coronary artery. Which
condition should the nurse monitor for in this patient?
A. mitral stenosis
B. Atherosclerosis
C. Aortic Aneurysm
D. Mycardial infarction
,Answer: D. myocardial infarction
◉ A nurse is how prolonged standing can lead to varicose veins.
How should the nurse respond?
A. prolonged standing causes a clot
B. prolonged standing increases a valves competence
C. prolonged standing leads to stunning, hibernation, and
remodeling
D. Prolonged standing diminished the action of the muscle pump to
return blood to the heart
Answer: D. prolonged standing diminished the action of the muscle
pump to return blood to the heart
◉ In the cardiac cycle, the ventricles contract during:
A. the refractory period
B. disease
C. repolarization
D. systole
Answer: D. systole
,◉ The effect of sympathetic nervous system stimulation on the heart
is to:
A. increase the refractory period
B. increase the heart rate
C. decrease calcium influx
D. decrease the strength of myocardial contraction
Answer: B increase the heart rate
◉ The heart chamber that receives blood from the pulmonary
circulation is the:
A. right Atrium
B. right ventricle
C. left atrium
D. left ventricle
Answer: D. left atrium
◉ Arterial baroreceptors are located in the
A. renal artery
B. superior vena cava
, C. aortic arch
D. circle of Willis
Answer: C. aortic arch
◉ According to starlings law of the heart, a small increase in left
ventricular end-diastolic volumes in the healthy heart will result in:
A. a decrease in force of contraction
B. an increase in myocardial oxygenation
C. an increase in heart rate
D. an increase in cardiac output
Answer: D. increase in cardiac output
◉ Multiplying heart rate by stroke volume determines:
A. vascular resistance
B. cardiac output
C. ejection fraction
D. preload
Answer: B. cardiac output
