The Heart

Anatomy

Histology

Electrical
Properties

Cardiac
Cycle

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Anatomy:

$100 Question

The heart is located here:

a. inside the pericardial cavity
b. in the mediastinum, which is
located in the pericardial cavity
c. in the mediastinum, which is
located
in the thoracic cavity
d. in the thoracic cavity, which is
ANSWER
located in the mediastinum
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Anatomy:

$100 Answer

The heart is located here:

a. inside the pericardial cavity
b. in the mediastinum, which is
located in the pericardial cavity
c. in the mediastinum, which is
located in the thoracic cavity
d. in the thoracic cavity, which is
located in the mediastinum
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Anatomy:

$200 Question

This statement about the epicardium is

true:
a. is also known as the parietal
pericardium
b. is a layer of cardiac muscle
c. is the visceral pericardium
d. lines the heart chambers
e. is the pacemaker of the heart

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Anatomy:

$200 Answer

This statement about the epicardium is

true:
a. is also known as the parietal
pericardium
b. is a layer of cardiac muscle
c. is the visceral pericardium
d. lines the heart chambers
e. is the pacemaker of the heart
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Anatomy:

$300 Question

Strong connective tissue strings that are

attached to papillary muscles and to the cusps
of the atrioventricular valves are called this:
a. musculi pectinati (pectinate muscle)
b. chordae tendineae
c. trabeculae carneae
d. the skeleton of the heart
e. the interventricular septum

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Anatomy:

$300 Answer

Strong connective tissue strings that are

attached to papillary muscles and to the cusps of
the atrioventricular valves are called this:
a. musculi pectinati (pectinate muscle)
b. chordae tendineae
c. trabeculae carneae
d. the skeleton of the heart
e. the interventricular septum
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Anatomy:

$400 Question

Given these valves:

1. aortic semilunar valve
2. bicuspid (mitral) valve
3. pulmonary semilunar valve
4. tricuspid valve
Arrange them in the order in which an
erythrocyte would pass through them after
returning to the heart from the left arm.
a. 1,2,3,4 c. 4,3,2,1
b. 2,3,1,4 d. 3,1,2,4

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Anatomy:

$400 Answer

Given these valves:

1. aortic semilunar valve
2. bicuspid (mitral) valve
3. pulmonary semilunar valve
4. tricuspid valve
Arrange them in the order in which an
erythrocyte would pass through them after
returning to the heart from the left arm.
a. 1,2,3,4 c. 4,3,2,1
b. 2,3,1,4 d. 3,1,2,4

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Anatomy:

$500 Question

A blood clot in the anterior interventricular artery

would cause a myocardial infarction in this area:
a. left atrium and posterior left ventricle
b. anterior walls of the left and right
ventricles, and interventricular septum
c. posterior walls of the left and right
ventricles
d. lateral walls of the right atrium and
right ventricle

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Anatomy:

$500 Answer

A blood clot in the anterior interventricular artery

would cause a myocardial infarction in this area:
a. left atrium and posterior left ventricle
b. anterior walls of the left and right
ventricles, and interventricular septum
c. posterior walls of the left and right
ventricles
d. lateral walls of the right atrium and
right ventricle
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Histology:

$100 Question

This statement describes the skeleton of

the heart:
a. electrically insulates the atria from
the ventricles
b. is composed of bones and
cartilage
c. is the location of the pacemaker
d. is composed of calcified cardiac
ANSWER
muscle
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Histology:

$100 Answer

This statement describes the skeleton of the

heart:
a. electrically insulates the atria from
the ventricles
b. is composed of bones and
cartilage
c. is the location of the pacemaker
d. is composed of calcified cardiac
muscle

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Histology:

$200 Question

This structure is NOT present in cardiac

muscle cells:
a. desmosomes
b. gap junctions
c. smooth sarcoplasmic reticulum
d. terminal cisternae
e. transverse (T) tubules

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Histology:

$200 Answer

This structure is NOT present in cardiac

muscle cells:
a. desmosomes
b. gap junctions
c. smooth sarcoplasmic reticulum
d. terminal cisternae
e. transverse (T) tubules
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Histology:

$300 Question

Intercalated discs include these structures:

a. gap junctions, desmosomes,
interdigitating folds
b. gap junctions, tight junctions, ttubules
c. gap junctions, desmosomes, ttubules
d. sarcoplasmic reticulum,
interdigitating folds

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Histology:

$300 Answer

Intercalated discs include these structures:

a. gap junctions, desmosomes,
interdigitating folds
b. gap junctions, tight junctions, ttubules
c. gap junctions, desmosomes, ttubules
d. sarcoplasmic reticulum,
interdigitating folds

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Histology:

$400 Question

Damage to cells of the AV bundle would

prevent the cardiac impulse from reaching
this:
a. SA node
b. atria
c. AV node
d. ventricles

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Histology:

$400 Answer

Damage to cells of the AV bundle would

prevent the cardiac impulse from reaching
this:
a. SA node
b. atria
c. AV node
d. ventricles
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Histology:

$500 Question

Given these structures of the conduction system of

the heart:
1. atrioventricular bundle
2. AV node
3. bundle branches
4. Purkinje fibers
5. SA node
Choose the arrangement that lists the structures in
the order an action potential passes through them.
a. 2,5,1,3,4
b. 2,5,3,1,4

c. 5,2,1,3,4
d. 2,5,4,1,3

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Histology:

$500 Answer

Given these structures of the conduction system of the

heart:
1. atrioventricular bundle
2. AV node
3. bundle branches
4. Purkinje fibers
5. SA node
Choose the arrangement that lists the structures in the
order an action potential passes through them.
a. 2,5,1,3,4

c. 5,2,1,3,4

b. 2,5,3,1,4

d. 2,5,4,1,3

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Electrical Properties:

$100 Question

The resting membrane potential (RMP)

depends upon this:
a. low permeability to Na
b. high permeability to K
c. low permeability to Ca
d. all of these
e. none of these
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Electrical Properties:

$100 Answer

The resting membrane potential (RMP)

depends upon this:
a. low permeability to Na
b. high permeability to K
c. low permeability to Ca
d. all of these
e. none of these
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Electrical Properties:

$200 Question

In cardiac muscle cells rapid depolarization

is caused by the opening of this:
a. voltage-gated Ca2+ ion channels
b. voltage-gated K+ ion channels
c. voltage-gated Na+ ion channels
d. b and c
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Electrical Properties:

$200 Answer

In cardiac muscle cells rapid depolarization

is caused by the opening of this:
a. voltage-gated Ca2+ ion channels
b. voltage-gated K+ ion channels
c. voltage-gated Na+ ion channels
d. b and c
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Electrical Properties:

$300 Question

This is the normal rate of spontaneous

depolarization of the SA node:
a. 20 - 40 per minute
b. 40 - 60 per minute
c. 70 - 80 per minute
d. over 100 per minute
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Electrical Properties:

$300 Answer

This is the normal rate of spontaneous

depolarization of the SA node:
a. 20 - 40 per minute
b. 40 - 60 per minute
c. 70 - 80 per minute
d. over 100 per minute
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Electrical Properties:

$400 Question

In an EKG, the P wave represents this:

a. depolarization of the atria
b. repolarization of the atria
c. depolarization of the ventricles
d. repolarization of the ventricles
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Electrical Properties:

$400 Answer

In an EKG, the P wave represents this:

a. depolarization of the atria
b. repolarization of the atria
c. depolarization of the ventricles
d. repolarization of the ventricles

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Electrical Properties:

$500 Question

This condition observed in an ECG suggests

that the AV node is not conducting action
potentials:
a. complete lack of the P wave
b. complete lack of the QRS complex
c. more QRS complexes than P waves
d. P waves and QRS complexes are
not synchronized
e. a prolonged PR interval

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Electrical Properties:

$500 Answer

This condition observed in an ECG suggests that the

AV node is not conducting action potentials:
a. complete lack of the P wave
b. complete lack of the QRS complex
c. more QRS complexes than P
waves
d. P waves and QRS complexes are
synchronized

not

e. a prolonged PR interval
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Cardiac Cycle:

$100 Question

Contraction of the atrial myocardium is

called this:
a. atrial systole
b. atrial diastole
c. ventricular systole
d. ventricular diastole
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Cardiac Cycle:

$100 Answer

Contraction of the atrial myocardium is

called this:
a. atrial systole
b. atrial diastole
c. ventricular systole
d. ventricular diastole
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Cardiac Cycle:

$200 Question

During the period of ejection in the cardiac

cycle, the atrioventricular valves are
__________ and the semilunar valves are
__________ .
a. closed, closed
b. closed, open
c. open, closed
d. open, open

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Cardiac Cycle:

$200 Answer

During the period of ejection in the cardiac

cycle, the atrioventricular valves are
__________ and the semilunar valves are
__________ .
a. closed, closed
b. closed, open
c. open, closed
d. open, open
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Cardiac Cycle:

$300 Question

Blood flows neither into nor out of the

ventricles during this:
a. the period of isovolumic
contraction
b. the period of isovolumic relaxation
c. diastole
d. systole
e. both a and b

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Cardiac Cycle:

$300 Answer

Blood flows neither into nor out of the

ventricles during this:
a. the period of isovolumic
contraction
b. the period of isovolumic relaxation
c. diastole
d. systole
e. both a and b

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Cardiac Cycle:

$400 Question

Cardiac output is defined as this:

a. blood pressure times peripheral
resistance
b. peripheral resistance times heart rate
c. heart rate times stroke volume
d. stroke volume times blood pressure
e. blood pressure minus peripheral
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resistance
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Cardiac Cycle:

$400 Answer

Cardiac output is defined as this:

a. blood pressure times peripheral
resistance
b. peripheral resistance times heart rate
c. heart rate times stroke volume
d. stroke volume times blood pressure
e. blood pressure minus peripheral
resistance
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Cardiac Cycle:

$500 Question

In a person who has a damaged left ventricle due

to a heart attack, they would experience this:
a. left ventricle pumps less blood than
the right
b. blood accumulates in the
pulmonary vessels
c. blood accumulates in the systemic
vessels
d. wont have any effect
e. a and b

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Cardiac Cycle:

$500 Answer

In a person who has a damaged left ventricle due to

a heart attack, they would experience this:
right

a. left ventricle pumps less blood than

the

b. blood accumulates in the

pulmonary vessels
c. blood accumulates in the systemic
vessels
d. wont have any effect
e. a and b
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$100 Question

This occurs at the same time as atrial systole:

a. the ventricles are also in systole
b. the atrioventricular valves are
closed
c. blood is being pumped into the
aorta and pulmonary trunk
d. blood is being pumped into the
ventricles

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$100 Answer

This occurs at the same time as atrial systole:

a. the ventricles are also in systole
b. the atrioventricular valves are
closed
c. blood is being pumped into the
aorta and pulmonary trunk
d. blood is being pumped into the
ventricles
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$200 Question

This is the effect of norepinephrine on the

heart:
a. decreases the rate and strength of
contraction
b. increases the rate and strength of
contraction
c. decreases the amount of blood
pumped per minute
d. has no effect on the heart

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$200 Answer

This is the effect of norepinephrine on the heart:

a. decreases the rate and strength of
contraction
b. increases the rate and strength of
contraction
c. decreases the amount of blood
pumped per minute
d. has no effect on the heart
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$300 Question

This structure returns blood to the right

atrium:
a. coronary sinus
b. inferior vena cava
c. superior vena cava
d. both b and c
e. all of the above

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$300 Answer

This structure returns blood to the right

atrium:
a. coronary sinus
b. inferior vena cava
c. superior vena cava
d. both b and c
e. all of the above
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$400 Question

A decrease in blood pH and an increase in

blood carbon dioxide levels result in this:
a. increased heart rate
b. increased stroke volume
c. increased sympathetic stimulation
of the heart
d. increased cardiac output
e. all of the above

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$400 Answer

A decrease in blood pH and an increase in

blood carbon dioxide levels result in this:
a. increased heart rate
b. increased stroke volume
c. increased sympathetic stimulation
of the heart
d. increased cardiac output
e. all of the above
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$500 Question

Damage to this part of the brain would

cause the body to have less control over
cardiac activity:
a. cerebral cortex
b. thalamus
c. basal nuclei
d. medulla oblongata

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$500 Answer

Damage to this part of the brain would

cause the body to have less control over
cardiac activity:
a. cerebral cortex
b. thalamus
c. basal nuclei
d. medulla oblongata
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FINAL ROUND Question

All cardiac veins empty into the ______,

which then empties into the ______.
a. coronary sinus; left atrium
b. coronary sinus; right atrium
c. great cardiac vein; right atrium
d. great cardiac vein; left atrium
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FINAL ROUND Answer

All cardiac veins empty into the ______,

which then empties into the ______.
a. coronary sinus; left atrium
b. coronary sinus; right atrium
c. great cardiac vein; right atrium
d. great cardiac vein; left atrium
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