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Anatomy and Physiology

Kenneth Saladin

Chapter 19

The Circulatory System: Heart - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

01:36

Problem 1

The cardiac conduction system includes all of the following except
a. the SA node.
b. the AV node.
c. the bundle branches.
d. the tendinous cords.
e. the subendocardial conducting network.

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00:34

Problem 2

To get from the right atrium to the right ventricle, blood flows through
a. the pulmonary valve.
b. the tricuspid valve.
c. the bicuspid valve.
d. the aortic valve.
e. the mitral valve.

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02:22

Problem 3

Assume that one ventricle of a child's heart has an EDV of $90 \mathrm{~mL}$, an ESV of $60 \mathrm{~mL}$, and a cardiac output of $2.55 \mathrm{~L} / \mathrm{min}$. What are the child's stroke volume (SV), ejection fraction (EF), and heart rate (HR)?
a. $\mathrm{SV}=60 \mathrm{~mL} ; \mathrm{EF}=33 \% ; \mathrm{HR}=85 \mathrm{bpm}$
b. $S V=30 \mathrm{~mL} ; \mathrm{EF}=60 \% ; \mathrm{HR}=75 \mathrm{bpm}$
c. $S V=150 \mathrm{~mL} ; E F=67 \% ; \mathrm{HR}=42 \mathrm{bpm}$
d. $S V=30 \mathrm{~mL} ; E F=33 \% ; \mathrm{HR}=85 \mathrm{bpm}$
e. Not enough information is given to calculate these.

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03:06

Problem 4

A heart rate of $45 \mathrm{bpm}$ and an absence of $\mathrm{P}$ waves suggest
a. damage to the SA node.
b. ventricular fibrillation.
c. cor pulmonale.
d. extrasystole.
e. heart block.

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00:59

Problem 5

There is/are pulmonary vein(s) emptying into the right atrium of the heart.
a. no
b. one
c. two
d. four
e. more than four

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00:31

Problem 6

All of the following are positive chronotropic agents except
a. caffeine.
b. thyroid hormone.
c. norepinephrine.
d. acetylcholine.
e. hypocalcemia.

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00:28

Problem 7

The atria contract during
a. the first heart sound.
b. the second heart sound.
c. the QRS complex.
d. the PQ segment.
e. the ST segment.

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05:09

Problem 8

Cardiac muscle does not exhibit tetanus because it has
a. fast $\mathrm{Ca}^{2+}$ channels.
b. scanty sarcoplasmic reticulum.
c. a long absolute refractory period.
d. electrical synapses.
e. exclusively aerobic respiration.

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01:10

Problem 9

The blood contained in a ventricle during isovolumetric relaxation is
a. the end-systolic volume.
b. the end-diastolic volume.
c. the stroke volume.
e. none of these; the ventricle is empty then.

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01:04

Problem 10

Drugs that increase myocardial contractility have a effect.
a. myogenic
b. negative inotropic
c. positive inotropic
d. negative chronotropic
e. positive chronotropic

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03:45

Problem 11

The contraction of any heart chamber is called and its relaxation is called

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00:37

Problem 12

The circulatory route from aorta to the venae cavae is the circuit.

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00:40

Problem 13

The circumflex artery travels in a groove called the

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02:21

Problem 14

The pacemaker potential of the SA node cells results from the slow inflow of

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02:29

Problem 15

Electrical signals pass quickly from one cardiomyocyte to another through the of the intercalated discs.

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01:27

Problem 16

Repolarization of the ventricles produces the of the electrocardiogram.

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00:34

Problem 17

The nerves innervate the heart and tend to reduce the heart rate.

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01:51

Problem 18

The death of cardiac tissue from lack of blood flow is commonly known as a heart attack, but clinically called

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03:10

Problem 19

Blood in the heart chambers is separated from the myocardium by a thin membrane called the

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00:24

Problem 20

The Frank-Starling law of the heart explains why the of the left ventricle is the same as that of the right ventricle.

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