NUR 265 EXAM 2 ACTUAL EXAM – QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
ON MED-SURG NURSING, PHARMACOLOGY, PATIENT CARE,
AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (2026/2027 EDITION)
How many chambers are in the heart? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 4 (2
atria, 2 ventricles)
______ is heard loudest at the apex of the heart - SELECTED ANSWER
👀 apical pulse
_______ pumps blood to the lungs to become oxygenated - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀 right side
Lungs send the blood back to the _______, then out to the body -
SELECTED ANSWER 👀 left side
What does "tissue paper my assets" mean? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀
Tricuspid
Pulmonic
Mitral
Atrial
______________ opens to let deoxygenated blood into RV - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀 tricuspid valve
__________opens to let deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery
to be pushed to the lungs - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 pulmonic valve
mitral valve - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 oxygenated blood from the lungs
in the LA, the valve opens to push this blood into the LV
, atrial valve - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 opens to allow blood to flow out
of the aorta to the rest of the body
_________ is when blood is moving backward instead of forward,
oxygenated and deoxygenated blood mix - SELECTED ANSWER 👀
valve regurgitation
normal heart sounds - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 S1-S2
S1 "lub" - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 closing of mitral and tricuspid valves
S1 is heard loudest - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 apex
S2 "dub" - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 closure of aortic and pulmonic valves
S2 is hears loudest - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 base
extra not expected heart sounds - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 S3-S4
when is S3 heard best? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 in left lateral position
S3 - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 volume overload problem hear in early
diastole
S4 - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 stiff ventricle problem heard immediately
before systole
what causes murmurs? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 valves don't slam shut
like their supposed to, they take too long to close causing turbulent
blood flow... deoxygenated blood and oxygenated blood mix
ON MED-SURG NURSING, PHARMACOLOGY, PATIENT CARE,
AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (2026/2027 EDITION)
How many chambers are in the heart? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 4 (2
atria, 2 ventricles)
______ is heard loudest at the apex of the heart - SELECTED ANSWER
👀 apical pulse
_______ pumps blood to the lungs to become oxygenated - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀 right side
Lungs send the blood back to the _______, then out to the body -
SELECTED ANSWER 👀 left side
What does "tissue paper my assets" mean? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀
Tricuspid
Pulmonic
Mitral
Atrial
______________ opens to let deoxygenated blood into RV - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀 tricuspid valve
__________opens to let deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery
to be pushed to the lungs - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 pulmonic valve
mitral valve - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 oxygenated blood from the lungs
in the LA, the valve opens to push this blood into the LV
, atrial valve - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 opens to allow blood to flow out
of the aorta to the rest of the body
_________ is when blood is moving backward instead of forward,
oxygenated and deoxygenated blood mix - SELECTED ANSWER 👀
valve regurgitation
normal heart sounds - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 S1-S2
S1 "lub" - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 closing of mitral and tricuspid valves
S1 is heard loudest - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 apex
S2 "dub" - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 closure of aortic and pulmonic valves
S2 is hears loudest - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 base
extra not expected heart sounds - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 S3-S4
when is S3 heard best? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 in left lateral position
S3 - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 volume overload problem hear in early
diastole
S4 - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 stiff ventricle problem heard immediately
before systole
what causes murmurs? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 valves don't slam shut
like their supposed to, they take too long to close causing turbulent
blood flow... deoxygenated blood and oxygenated blood mix
