Chapter 18 part 4 – Flashcards
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To auscultate the aortic semilunar valve, you would place your stethoscope in the
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second intercostal space to the right of the sternum
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The term for pain associated with deficient blood delivery to the heart that may be caused by the transient spasm of coronary arteries is
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angina pectoris
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Small muscle masses attached to the chordae tendineae are the
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papillary muslces
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Blood within the pulmonary veins returns to the
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left atrium
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The P wave of a normal electrocardiogram indicates
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atrial depolarization
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Damage to thhe ____ is reffered to as heart block
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AV Node
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The left ventricular wall of the heart is thicker than the right wall in order to
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pump blood with greater pressure
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Hemorrhage with a large loss of blood causes
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a lowering of blood pressure due to change in cardiac output
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Which of the events below does not occur when the semilunar valves are open?
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Ventricles are in diastole
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Normal heart sounds are caused by which of the following events?
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A closure of the heart valve
