Quiz 4 V1: NURS190 / NURS 190 (Latest 2026
/ 2027 Update) Physical Assessment |
Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100%
Correct – WCU
Q: What size is the heart?
Answer
length: 5"
diameter: 3.5"
thickness: 2.5"
female heart is smaller and less in weight compared to male
Q: What technique is used to measure heart rate?
Answer
auscultation & palpation
Q: What is another name for PMI (point of maximal impulse)?
Answer
heartbeat
,Q: What way does the blood flow in a healthy individual?
Answer
unidirectionally
Q: What sound is heard when blood back flows?
Answer
regurgitation/cardiac murmur
Q: What is precordium?
Answer
area of the chest where the heart sounds are assessed
Q: What is pericardium?
Answer
a double layered sac that encloses the heart
Q: When cardiac valves are pathologic...
Answer
forward back flow is restricted resulting in regurgitation/cardiac murmurs
,Q: S1 (LUB)
Answer
1st heartbeat heard due to the closure of the AV valves when ventricles are filled
(loudest at the apex of the heart, heard better in tricuspid/mitral area)
Q: S2 (DUB)
Answer
2nd heartbeat heard due to the closure of the SEMILUNAR valves when ventricles empty blood
to the pulmonic area and aorta
(heard loudest at the base [top] of heart)
Q: S3
Answer
vibration when AV valves open and blood goes to the ventricles (ventricular gallop)
(may be heard in HEALTHY children & adults, pregnant woman: 3rd trimester)
, Answer
Q: S4
Answer
atrial contraction and ejection of blood to the ventricles in late diastole (atrial gallop)
(may be heard in HEALTHY children WELL FIT adult, & HEALTHY elderly)
Q: Interatrial septum
Answer
separates the left and right atrium
Q: Interventricular septum
Answer
separates the left and right ventricles
Q: Heart sounds
Answer
1+ faint
2+ normal
3+ brisk
4+ bounding
/ 2027 Update) Physical Assessment |
Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100%
Correct – WCU
Q: What size is the heart?
Answer
length: 5"
diameter: 3.5"
thickness: 2.5"
female heart is smaller and less in weight compared to male
Q: What technique is used to measure heart rate?
Answer
auscultation & palpation
Q: What is another name for PMI (point of maximal impulse)?
Answer
heartbeat
,Q: What way does the blood flow in a healthy individual?
Answer
unidirectionally
Q: What sound is heard when blood back flows?
Answer
regurgitation/cardiac murmur
Q: What is precordium?
Answer
area of the chest where the heart sounds are assessed
Q: What is pericardium?
Answer
a double layered sac that encloses the heart
Q: When cardiac valves are pathologic...
Answer
forward back flow is restricted resulting in regurgitation/cardiac murmurs
,Q: S1 (LUB)
Answer
1st heartbeat heard due to the closure of the AV valves when ventricles are filled
(loudest at the apex of the heart, heard better in tricuspid/mitral area)
Q: S2 (DUB)
Answer
2nd heartbeat heard due to the closure of the SEMILUNAR valves when ventricles empty blood
to the pulmonic area and aorta
(heard loudest at the base [top] of heart)
Q: S3
Answer
vibration when AV valves open and blood goes to the ventricles (ventricular gallop)
(may be heard in HEALTHY children & adults, pregnant woman: 3rd trimester)
, Answer
Q: S4
Answer
atrial contraction and ejection of blood to the ventricles in late diastole (atrial gallop)
(may be heard in HEALTHY children WELL FIT adult, & HEALTHY elderly)
Q: Interatrial septum
Answer
separates the left and right atrium
Q: Interventricular septum
Answer
separates the left and right ventricles
Q: Heart sounds
Answer
1+ faint
2+ normal
3+ brisk
4+ bounding
