HONDROS BIO 117 - EXAM 3 UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is located at the fifth intercostal space? - CORRECT ANSWER - Apex of the heart
Apex of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER - tip of the heart pointing down toward the 5th
left intercostal space
Which layer of the heart allows it to act as a pump? - CORRECT ANSWER - Myocardium
Left ventricle - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the hardest working cardiac chamber and
therefore has the thickest myocardium?
Which layer of the heart wall contains the epicardium? - CORRECT ANSWER -
pericardium.
pericardium - CORRECT ANSWER - surrounds the heart
Which of the following is related to the mitral valve? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bicuspid
Which of the following contains oxygenated blood? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pulmonary
veins
Coronary arteries - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following supplies oxygenated
blood to the heart muscle?
Myocardium - CORRECT ANSWER - Which layer of the heart has actin, myosin, and
troponin?
, coronary arteries. - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the next step in the sequence of the
blood flow: Blood flows from the left atrium to the left ventricle to the aorta to which of the
following structures?
Oxygen poor Carbon dioxide rich - CORRECT ANSWER - Select all that apply
>>>Which features are true of blood leaving the tissues, travelling towards the right atrium?
pulmonary capillaries. - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the next step in the sequence of
the blood flow: Blood flows from the right atrium to the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery
to which of the following structures?
left ventricle. - CORRECT ANSWER - From which structure does the aorta receive
blood?
pulmonary veins. - CORRECT ANSWER - Which vessel carries blood from the
pulmonary capillaries to the left atrium?
Right atrium - CORRECT ANSWER - Which cavity of the heart first receives
unoxygenated blood from the vena cava?
Tricuspid - CORRECT ANSWER - Blood flows from the right atrium through which
atrioventricular valve to the right ventricle?
Aortic - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the name of the valve that prevents backflow of
blood into the left ventricle when the left ventricle is in diastole?
Tricuspid Mitral - CORRECT ANSWER - Which valves are open during atrial systole
pulmonic valve - CORRECT ANSWER - right semilunar valve separating the right
ventricle and pulmonary artery
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is located at the fifth intercostal space? - CORRECT ANSWER - Apex of the heart
Apex of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER - tip of the heart pointing down toward the 5th
left intercostal space
Which layer of the heart allows it to act as a pump? - CORRECT ANSWER - Myocardium
Left ventricle - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the hardest working cardiac chamber and
therefore has the thickest myocardium?
Which layer of the heart wall contains the epicardium? - CORRECT ANSWER -
pericardium.
pericardium - CORRECT ANSWER - surrounds the heart
Which of the following is related to the mitral valve? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bicuspid
Which of the following contains oxygenated blood? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pulmonary
veins
Coronary arteries - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following supplies oxygenated
blood to the heart muscle?
Myocardium - CORRECT ANSWER - Which layer of the heart has actin, myosin, and
troponin?
, coronary arteries. - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the next step in the sequence of the
blood flow: Blood flows from the left atrium to the left ventricle to the aorta to which of the
following structures?
Oxygen poor Carbon dioxide rich - CORRECT ANSWER - Select all that apply
>>>Which features are true of blood leaving the tissues, travelling towards the right atrium?
pulmonary capillaries. - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the next step in the sequence of
the blood flow: Blood flows from the right atrium to the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery
to which of the following structures?
left ventricle. - CORRECT ANSWER - From which structure does the aorta receive
blood?
pulmonary veins. - CORRECT ANSWER - Which vessel carries blood from the
pulmonary capillaries to the left atrium?
Right atrium - CORRECT ANSWER - Which cavity of the heart first receives
unoxygenated blood from the vena cava?
Tricuspid - CORRECT ANSWER - Blood flows from the right atrium through which
atrioventricular valve to the right ventricle?
Aortic - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the name of the valve that prevents backflow of
blood into the left ventricle when the left ventricle is in diastole?
Tricuspid Mitral - CORRECT ANSWER - Which valves are open during atrial systole
pulmonic valve - CORRECT ANSWER - right semilunar valve separating the right
ventricle and pulmonary artery
