Question 1

The largest artery in the body, the aorta, leaves the heart from the .

Accepted Answer

A)  right ventricle 
B)  left ventricle 
C)  right atrium 
D)  left atrium 
A)  right ventricle 
B)  left ventricle 
C)  right atrium 
D)  left atrium B

Question 2

is/are found in the ventricles, and attach the flaps of the AV valves to papillary muscle.

Accepted Answer

A)  Moderator band 
B)  Chordae tendineae 
C)  Pectinate muscles 
D)  Trabeculae carneae 
A)  Moderator band 
B)  Chordae tendineae 
C)  Pectinate muscles 
D)  Trabeculae carneae B

Question 3

What is the name of the circuit that supplies blood to the brain, heart, and gastrointestinal tract?

Accepted Answer

A)  cardiac circulation 
B)  cephalothoracic circulation 
C)  pulmonary circulation 
D)  systemic circulation 
A)  cardiac circulation 
B)  cephalothoracic circulation 
C)  pulmonary circulation 
D)  systemic circulation D

Question 4

The heart is called a double pump because _ .

Accepted Answer

A)  blood flows into the receiving chambers, which pump it to the muscular chambers that pump it again for distribution 
B)  every chamber has a strong pumping action 
C)  it is two separate side-by-side pumps serving different circulations 
D)  blood is sent from one pump that imparts a small pressure directly into a second pump that imparts higher pressure 
A)  blood flows into the receiving chambers, which pump it to the muscular chambers that pump it again for distribution 
B)  every chamber has a strong pumping action 
C)  it is two separate side-by-side pumps serving different circulations 
D)  blood is sent from one pump that imparts a small pressure directly into a second pump that imparts higher pressure

Question 5

The portion of the pericardium that covers the heart wall is called the .

Accepted Answer

A)  parietal layer of the serous pericardium 
B)  visceral layer (epicardium) 
C)  fibrous pericardium 
A)  parietal layer of the serous pericardium 
B)  visceral layer (epicardium) 
C)  fibrous pericardium

Question 6

The heart is located in a subdivision of the thorax called the _.

Accepted Answer

A)  dorsal cavity 
B)  epigastric cavity 
C)  mediastinum 
D)  pleural cavity 
A)  dorsal cavity 
B)  epigastric cavity 
C)  mediastinum 
D)  pleural cavity

Question 7

Blood arriving in the right atrium has just come from the _.

Accepted Answer

A)  left atrium 
B)  right ventricle 
C)  venae cavae and coronary sinus 
D)  aorta 
A)  left atrium 
B)  right ventricle 
C)  venae cavae and coronary sinus 
D)  aorta

Question 8

The is/are a bundle of cardiac muscle fibers connecting the interventricular septum to anterior papillary muscles.

Accepted Answer

A)  chordae tendinae 
B)  pectinate muscles 
C)  trabeculae carnae 
D)  moderator band 
A)  chordae tendinae 
B)  pectinate muscles 
C)  trabeculae carnae 
D)  moderator band

Question 9

The mitral valve is located between the .

Accepted Answer

A)  left ventricle and pulmonary trunk 
B)  right ventricle and aorta 
C)  left ventricle and aorta 
D)  right ventricle and pulmonary trunk 
A)  left ventricle and pulmonary trunk 
B)  right ventricle and aorta 
C)  left ventricle and aorta 
D)  right ventricle and pulmonary trunk

Question 10

Select the sequence that correctly describes blood flow through the heart.

Accepted Answer

A)  left atrium to left ventricle to body 
B)  right ventricle to left ventricle 
C)  right atrium to left atrium 
D)  right atrium to right ventricle to body 
A)  left atrium to left ventricle to body 
B)  right ventricle to left ventricle 
C)  right atrium to left atrium 
D)  right atrium to right ventricle to body

Question 11

Which side of the heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs?

Accepted Answer

A)  both ventricles 
B)  right 
C)  left 
D)  both atria 
A)  both ventricles 
B)  right 
C)  left 
D)  both atria

Question 12

The pericardial sac that encloses the heart is a two-layered structure. The outer layer is the _.

Accepted Answer

A)  fibrous pericardium 
B)  epicardium 
C)  serous pericardium 
A)  fibrous pericardium 
B)  epicardium 
C)  serous pericardium

Question 13

How many chambers make up the human heart?

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  5 
A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  5

Question 14

Pulmonary veins carry _ blood to the .

Accepted Answer

A)  oxygenated; left atrium 
B)  oxygenated; right atrium 
C)  deoxygenated; lungs 
D)  deoxygenated; right atrium 
A)  oxygenated; left atrium 
B)  oxygenated; right atrium 
C)  deoxygenated; lungs 
D)  deoxygenated; right atrium

Question 15

The intercalated discs in cardiac muscle tissue _ .

Accepted Answer

A)  attach cardiac muscle cells to the fibrous skeleton of the heart 
B)  are responsible for the banding pattern, or striations, of the tissue, mark the junction between two cardiac cells, and attach cardiac muscle cells to the fibrous skeleton of the heart 
C)  are responsible for the banding pattern, or striations, of the tissue 
D)  mark the junction between two cardiac cells 
A)  attach cardiac muscle cells to the fibrous skeleton of the heart 
B)  are responsible for the banding pattern, or striations, of the tissue, mark the junction between two cardiac cells, and attach cardiac muscle cells to the fibrous skeleton of the heart 
C)  are responsible for the banding pattern, or striations, of the tissue 
D)  mark the junction between two cardiac cells

Question 16

Blood has just been discharged into the pulmonary trunk: from which chamber did it exit?

Accepted Answer

A)  the left atrium 
B)  the right atrium 
C)  the right ventricle 
D)  the left ventricle 
A)  the left atrium 
B)  the right atrium 
C)  the right ventricle 
D)  the left ventricle

Question 17

In the coronary circulation, oxygen-rich blood is provided to the heart muscle by the .

Accepted Answer

A)  great middle and small cardiac veins 
B)  coronary sinus 
C)  right and left coronary arteries 
A)  great middle and small cardiac veins 
B)  coronary sinus 
C)  right and left coronary arteries

Question 18

What is true about heart valves?

Accepted Answer

A)  They operate passively (no active contraction required). 
B)  They enforce a one-way blood flow through the heart, operate passively (no active contraction required), and separate atria from ventricles, and ventricles from the large arteries that leave them. 
C)  They enforce a one-way blood flow through the heart. 
D)  They separate atria from ventricles, and ventricles from the large arteries that leave them. 
A)  They operate passively (no active contraction required). 
B)  They enforce a one-way blood flow through the heart, operate passively (no active contraction required), and separate atria from ventricles, and ventricles from the large arteries that leave them. 
C)  They enforce a one-way blood flow through the heart. 
D)  They separate atria from ventricles, and ventricles from the large arteries that leave them.

Question 19

Which artery supplies the anterior ventricular walls and laterodorsal part of the left side of the heart?

Accepted Answer

A)  posterior interventricular artery 
B)  left coronary artery 
C)  right marginal artery 
D)  right coronary artery 
A)  posterior interventricular artery 
B)  left coronary artery 
C)  right marginal artery 
D)  right coronary artery

Question 20

Which of the veins listed here drains directly into the right atrium?

Accepted Answer

A)  great cardiac vein 
B)  small cardiac vein 
C)  middle cardiac vein 
D)  anterior cardiac vein 
A)  great cardiac vein 
B)  small cardiac vein 
C)  middle cardiac vein 
D)  anterior cardiac vein

Exam 30: Anatomy of the Heart

The largest artery in the body, the aorta, leaves the heart from the .

is/are found in the ventricles, and attach the flaps of the AV valves to papillary muscle.

What is the name of the circuit that supplies blood to the brain, heart, and gastrointestinal tract?

The heart is called a double pump because _ .

The portion of the pericardium that covers the heart wall is called the .

The heart is located in a subdivision of the thorax called the _.

Blood arriving in the right atrium has just come from the _.

The is/are a bundle of cardiac muscle fibers connecting the interventricular septum to anterior papillary muscles.

The mitral valve is located between the .

Select the sequence that correctly describes blood flow through the heart.

Which side of the heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs?

The pericardial sac that encloses the heart is a two-layered structure. The outer layer is the _.

How many chambers make up the human heart?

Pulmonary veins carry _ blood to the .

The intercalated discs in cardiac muscle tissue _ .

Blood has just been discharged into the pulmonary trunk: from which chamber did it exit?

In the coronary circulation, oxygen-rich blood is provided to the heart muscle by the .

What is true about heart valves?

Which artery supplies the anterior ventricular walls and laterodorsal part of the left side of the heart?

Which of the veins listed here drains directly into the right atrium?

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