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UTA A&P II Final Exam Questions with
Correct Answers | Updated (100% Correct
Answers)
!!! In cardiac muscle, the fast depolarization phase of the action
potential is the result of ________. Answer: increased membrane
permeability to sodium ions
The following is a list of vessels and structures that are associated
with the heart.
1. right atrium
2. left atrium
3. right ventricle
4. left ventricle
5. venae cavae
6. aorta
7. pulmonary trunk
8. pulmonary veins Answer: 5, 1, 3, 7, 8, 2, 4, 6
The bicuspid of mitral valve is located ______. Answer: between left
atrium and left ventricle
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!!! The wall of the left ventricle is thicker than the right because
_____. Answer: the left ventricle does more work than the right
ventricle and the left ventricle produces a higher pressure than the
right
The right ventricle pumps blood into the _______. Answer: lungs via
the pulmonary artery
The phase in the cardiac cycle when the mitral valve is closed and
the aortic valve is open is the ______. Answer: ventricular contraction
Blood returning to the heart from the systemic circuit first enters the
______. Answer: Right atrium
Pacemaker cells in the SA node Answer: both show a spontaneous
depolarization and are connected by gap junctions to atrial
myocytes.
!!! The plateau phase of the cardiac muscle action potential relates
to _____. Answer: the result of K+ and Ca2+ influx
The T wave on an ECG tracing represents _____. Answer: ventricular
repolarization
Drugs that block the beta-one adrenergic receptors will _____.
Answer: decrease heart rate
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Blood flow into the heart from the venae cavae flows next through
the ____ valve. Answer: tricuspid
!!! The volume of blood ejected from each ventricle during a
contraction is called the _____. Answer: Stroke volume
Which of the following factors will increase the net filtration
pressure to move fluid out of capillaries? Answer: Both decreased
plasma albumen and increased blood hydrostatic pressure
!!! Which of the following statements is false concerning the
movement of fluid between capillaries and interstitial space?
Answer: The net filtration pressure is usually zero.
Compared to arteries, veins _____. Answer: have thinner walls
Materials can move across capillary walls by Answer: diffusion, bulk
flow, and transcytosis
!!! Blood flow to a tissue will increase if the __________. Answer:
arterioles dilate
Arrange the structures in the following list in the order that blood
will encounter as it flows from the output side to the input side of
the cardiovascular flow circuit.
1. venules
2. arterioles
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UTA A&P II Final Exam Questions with
Correct Answers | Updated (100% Correct
Answers)
!!! In cardiac muscle, the fast depolarization phase of the action
potential is the result of ________. Answer: increased membrane
permeability to sodium ions
The following is a list of vessels and structures that are associated
with the heart.
1. right atrium
2. left atrium
3. right ventricle
4. left ventricle
5. venae cavae
6. aorta
7. pulmonary trunk
8. pulmonary veins Answer: 5, 1, 3, 7, 8, 2, 4, 6
The bicuspid of mitral valve is located ______. Answer: between left
atrium and left ventricle
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!!! The wall of the left ventricle is thicker than the right because
_____. Answer: the left ventricle does more work than the right
ventricle and the left ventricle produces a higher pressure than the
right
The right ventricle pumps blood into the _______. Answer: lungs via
the pulmonary artery
The phase in the cardiac cycle when the mitral valve is closed and
the aortic valve is open is the ______. Answer: ventricular contraction
Blood returning to the heart from the systemic circuit first enters the
______. Answer: Right atrium
Pacemaker cells in the SA node Answer: both show a spontaneous
depolarization and are connected by gap junctions to atrial
myocytes.
!!! The plateau phase of the cardiac muscle action potential relates
to _____. Answer: the result of K+ and Ca2+ influx
The T wave on an ECG tracing represents _____. Answer: ventricular
repolarization
Drugs that block the beta-one adrenergic receptors will _____.
Answer: decrease heart rate
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Blood flow into the heart from the venae cavae flows next through
the ____ valve. Answer: tricuspid
!!! The volume of blood ejected from each ventricle during a
contraction is called the _____. Answer: Stroke volume
Which of the following factors will increase the net filtration
pressure to move fluid out of capillaries? Answer: Both decreased
plasma albumen and increased blood hydrostatic pressure
!!! Which of the following statements is false concerning the
movement of fluid between capillaries and interstitial space?
Answer: The net filtration pressure is usually zero.
Compared to arteries, veins _____. Answer: have thinner walls
Materials can move across capillary walls by Answer: diffusion, bulk
flow, and transcytosis
!!! Blood flow to a tissue will increase if the __________. Answer:
arterioles dilate
Arrange the structures in the following list in the order that blood
will encounter as it flows from the output side to the input side of
the cardiovascular flow circuit.
1. venules
2. arterioles
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