Deck 19: Cardiovascular System: Heart

Question 1

Which heart chambers contain deoxygenated blood?

A) Left atrium and right atrium
B) Left ventricle and right ventricle
C) Right atrium and right ventricle
D) Left atrium and left ventricle
E) Right atrium and left ventricle

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which layer is made of dense irregular connective tissue?

A) Myocardium
B) Fibrous pericardium
C) Epicardium
D) Serous pericardium
E) Endocardium

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The inferior, conical end of the heart is called the ________.

Answer 3

apex

Question 4

Arteries carry blood toward the heart, while veins carry blood away from the heart.

Question 5

Which pair is located more anteriorly in a heart in normal position?

A) Left atrium and left ventricle
B) Left atrium and right ventricle
C) Right atrium and left atrium
D) Right atrium and right ventricle
E) Right atrium and left ventricle

Question 6

The units for perfusion of blood are typically

A) grams per minute.
B) milliliters per minute per gram.
C) milliliters per hour per kilogram.
D) liters per gram.
E) beats per minute per gram.

Question 7

The serous fluid within the pericardial cavity works to

A) lubricate membranes of the pericardium.
B) slow the heart rate.
C) equalize the pressure in the great vessels.
D) eliminate blood pressure spikes.
E) All of the choices are correct.

Question 8

The term "epicardium" is another name for the

A) visceral layer of the serosal pericardium.
B) parietal layer of the serosal pericardium.
C) external layer of the fibrous pericardium.
D) myocardium.
E) mediastinum.

Question 9

Which circuit of the cardiovascular system includes the left ventricle and aorta?

A) Pulmonary circuit
B) Cardio circuit
C) Coronary circuit
D) Systemic circuit

Question 10

Occlusion of blood vessels tends to lead to

A) increases in perfusion.
B) increases in capillary exchange.
C) inadequate blood supply and damage to body tissues.
D) defibrillation of cardiac muscle cell contraction.

Question 11

Which can be used to characterize blood flow in the human body?
A: There is a unidirectional blood flow.
B: Arteries always carry oxygenated blood.
C: Veins always carry deoxygenated blood.
D: Arteries carry blood away from the heart.
E: Veins carry blood toward the heart.

A) a, c, d, e
B) a, b, c, d, e
C) a, d, e
D) b, c, d, e
E) d, e

Question 12

The pericardial cavity is between the

A) heart muscle and serous pericardium.
B) fibrous and serous layers of the pericardium.
C) visceral and parietal layers of the serous pericardium.
D) parietal and myocardial layers of the fibrous pericardium.

Question 13

The main functions of the cardiovascular system include the transport and exchange of respiratory gases, nutrients, and wastes throughout the body.

Question 14

Which circuit of the cardiovascular system is responsible for sending blood to the kidneys, stomach, and pelvic regions?

A) Pulmonary circuit
B) Visceral circuit
C) Coronary circuit
D) Systemic circuit

Question 15

Which correctly describes the heart's apex?

A) Projects slightly anteroinferiorly toward the left side of the body
B) Projects slightly anteroinferiorly toward the right side of the body
C) Projects slightly posteroinferiorly toward the left side of the body
D) Projects slightly posteroinferiorly toward the right side of the body
E) Projects slightly posteroinferiorly toward the midline of the body

Question 16

The receiving chambers of the heart are the atria, and the forcefully pumping chambers of the heart are the ventricles.

Question 17

Which of the cardiovascular system's circuits has deoxygenated blood in its arteries?

A) Pulmonary circuit
B) Visceral circuit
C) Coronary circuit
D) Systemic circuit

Question 18

The base of the heart faces in the ________ directions.

A) anterior and inferior
B) anterior and superior
C) posterior and superior
D) posterior and inferior
E) None of these choices is correct.

Question 19

Which carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?

A) Pulmonary arteries
B) Pulmonary veins
C) Pulmonary trunk
D) Inferior vena cava
E) Superior vena cava

Question 20

The pulmonary trunk receives blood from the right ventricle and conducts it toward the lung. The pulmonary trunk is a(n)

A) artery.
B) capillary.
C) vein.

Question 21

The pericardium helps prevent overfilling of the heart and it lessens the friction of movements during heartbeats.

Question 22

Metabolically, cardiac muscle relies on

A) aerobic metabolism using glycolysis of glycogen to meet most ATP demands.
B) aerobic metabolism using many mitochondria and a rich supply of myoglobin.
C) anaerobic metabolism using glycolytic enzymes to quickly generate ATP.
D) anaerobic metabolism using myoglobin, creatin kinase, and ketone bodies.

Question 23

Myofibrils within cardiac muscle cells are aligned in sarcomeres.

Question 24

Deep to the interventricular sulci is the thick muscular wall that divides the left and right ventricles, known as the interventricular ________.

Question 25

Contrast the length-tension relationship for cardiac muscle to that which is found in skeletal muscle. In other words, for each type of muscle, what is the optimal length? How is such an arrangement adaptive to cardiac muscle?

Question 26

Which feature permits the compression necessary to pump large volumes of blood out of the ventricles?

A) Negative pressure inside the ventricles
B) Absence of oxygenated blood in the atria
C) Arrangement of cardiac muscle in the heart wall
D) Presence of skeletal muscle tissue in the heart skeleton
E) Presence of papillary muscles in the ventricles

Question 27

Which describes the endocardium?
A: Has single layer of epithelium
B: Has layer of areolar connective tissue
C: Epithelial cells are squamous
D: Epithelial cells are cuboidal
E: Has layer of adipose connective tissue
F: Has patches of myocardium

A) a, b, c
B) a, b, d
C) a, d, e
D) a, b, c, e
E) a, e, f

Question 28

The papillary muscles attach to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves by means of the

A) pectinate muscles.
B) trabeculae carneae.
C) conus arteriosus.
D) tendinous cords.
E) tricuspid valve.

Question 29

Each of the receiving chambers of the heart has a wrinkled flaplike extension; the one that is more visible from an anterior view is the

A) interatrial septum.
B) interventricular septum.
C) left auricle.
D) right auricle.

Question 30

What are the cell-to-cell contacts of the cardiac muscle fibers called?

A) Z discs
B) T-tubules
C) Intercalated discs
D) Cardiac discs
E) Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Question 31

The atria are separated from the ventricles externally by the

A) anterior interventricular sulcus.
B) posterior interventricular sulcus.
C) sinoventricular sulcus.
D) coronary sulcus.
E) None of the choices is correct.

Question 32

Which are functions performed by the fibrous skeleton of the heart?
A: Separates the atria and ventricles
B: Anchors the heart valves
C: Provides electrical insulation between the atria and ventricles
D: Provides the framework for the attachment of the myocardium
E: None of these are true functions of the fibrous skeleton of the heart

A) a, d
B) b, d
C) a, c, d
D) a, b, c, d
E) e

Question 33

Which are differences between cardiac muscle tissue and skeletal muscle tissue?
A: The sarcoplasmic reticulum in cardiac muscle is less extensive.
B: The sarcoplasmic reticulum in cardiac muscle is more organized.
C: Cardiac muscle has intercalated discs; skeletal muscle does not.
D: Cardiac muscle has 1 or 2 nuclei per cell; skeletal muscle has multiple nuclei per cell.
E: Cardiac muscle has more well-defined terminal cisternae.

A) a, c, d
B) a, c, e
C) b, c, e
D) a, b, e
E) b, d, e

Question 34

The metabolic pathways of cardiac muscle make it

A) somewhat susceptible to heart attack, because it relies so exclusively on aerobic metabolism.
B) extremely susceptible to heart attack, because it uses such a variety of fuel sources.
C) somewhat susceptible to heart attack, because it has so few mitochondria.
D) relatively resistant to heart attack, because it uses exclusively anaerobic metabolism.
E) relatively resistant to heart attack, because it has a great capacity to accrue oxygen debt.

Question 35

The layer of the heart wall composed of cardiac muscle tissue is the

A) pericardium.
B) myocardium.
C) endocardium.
D) pericardial cavity.
E) pectinate muscle.

Question 36

Pectinate muscles are found on the

A) posterior wall of the right ventricle.
B) anterior wall of the right ventricle.
C) internal walls of the right and left atria.
D) posterior walls of the right and left ventricles.
E) external wall of the right atrium.

Question 37

The posterior interventricular sulcus

A) is another name for the coronary sulcus.
B) contains the great cardiac vein and coronary sinus.
C) is a groove between the ventricles on the back of the heart.
D) is a valve in the interventricular septum that closes at birth.

Question 38

The fossa ovalis appears just above the opening of the coronary sinus within the

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

Question 39

From which view is the connection between the pulmonary veins and the heart most visible?

A) Anterior view
B) Posterior view

Question 40

The internal wall surface of each ventricle displays large, smooth, irregular muscular ridges called

A) conus arteriosus.
B) atrioventricular opening.
C) trabeculae carneae.
D) tendinous cords.
E) pectinate muscles.

Question 41

The heart valves

A) stabilize and hold the arteries leaving the heart.
B) permit the passage of blood in one direction.
C) separate the right and left sides of the heart.
D) are only used in the fetal heart.
E) direct the conduction impulse through the heart muscle.

Question 42

SA nodal cells are autorhythmic.

Question 43

Once an SA nodal cell reaches threshold, the depolarization phase occurs during which

A) potassium comes in through fast voltage-gated channels.
B) calcium comes in through fast voltage-gated channels.
C) potassium moves out through fast voltage-gated channels.
D) sodium moves out through slow voltage-gated channels.
E) calcium moves out through slow voltage-gated channels.

Question 44

Cardiac muscle is able to use a variety of fuel types for cellular respiration.

Question 45

Which valve prevents the backflow of blood into the left ventricle when the ventricles relax?

A) Left atrioventricular valve
B) Aortic semilunar valve
C) Right atrioventricular valve
D) Pulmonary semilunar valve
E) None of the choices is correct.

Question 46

During the plateau phase of a cardiac muscle cell's action potential, the membrane stays

A) depolarized as potassium exits and calcium enters.
B) depolarized as potassium enters and calcium exits.
C) repolarized as sodium enters and calcium exits.
D) hyperpolarized as sodium and calcium exit.
E) hyperpolarized as potassium enters and calcium exits.

Question 47

Typically, there are ________ papillary muscles that project from the wall of the left ventricle and attach to the tendinous cords that support the left AV valve.

A) three
B) two
C) a highly variable number of
D) six
E) no

Question 48

As with action potentials in other types of cells, the repolarization of cardiac muscle cells involves the

A) entrance of calcium through voltage-gated channels.
B) exit of potassium through voltage-gated channels.
C) entrance of sodium through voltage-gated channels.
D) binding of ACh to ACh receptor.
E) simultaneous closure of sodium channels and opening of calcium channels.

Question 49

At the AV node of the conduction system, the action potential is

A) rapidly advanced due to the cells being large and well connected by gap junctions.
B) rapidly advanced due to the cells being small and well insulated by myelin.
C) delayed due to the cells being small and having few gap junctions.
D) delayed due to the cells being large and having many leakage channels.

Question 50

The hearts nodal cells have a more negative resting potential than neurons do, because nodal cells lack leak channels for sodium and potassium ions.

Question 51

The membrane of a contractile cardiac muscle cell contains

A) no calcium pumps.
B) calcium pumps that move calcium out of the cell.
C) calcium pumps that move calcium into the cell.
D) calcium pumps that open and allow calcium to diffuse down its concentration gradient to reach equilibrium.

Question 52

The membrane of a contractile cardiac muscle cell contains

A) fast voltage-gated sodium channels and fast voltage-gated calcium channels.
B) fast voltage-gated sodium channels and slow voltage-gated calcium channels.
C) slow voltage-gated sodium channels and slow voltage-gated calcium channels.
D) slow voltage-gated sodium channels and fast voltage-gated calcium channels.

Question 53

Vagal tone refers to the

A) decreasing of the heart rate below its inherent rhythm by parasympathetic stimulation.
B) decreasing of the heart rate below its inherent rhythm by sympathetic stimulation.
C) increasing of the heart rate above its inherent rhythm by sympathetic stimulation.
D) increasing of the heart rate above its inherent rhythm by parasympathetic stimulation.

Question 54

As blood is pumped out of the heart and into the major arteries leaving the heart, it

A) pushes against the semilunar valves and opens them.
B) pushes against the semilunar valves and closes them.
C) fills the cusps of the semilunar valves, causing them to expand and block the backflow of blood
D) pushes against the atrioventricular valves and opens them.
E) fills the cusps of the atrioventricular valve causing opening of the bicuspid and closure of the tricuspid.

Question 55

How many half-moon shaped, pocketlike cusps are found in each semilunar valve?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 6

Question 56

Nodal cells contain fast voltage-gated calcium channels.

Question 57

What is the sequence of events in the transmission of an impulse through the heart muscle?
A: AV node
B: AV bundle
C: SA node
D: Through the atria
E: Through the ventricles
F: Bundle branches
G: Purkinje fibers

A) c, d, a, b, f, g, e
B) d, b, a, c, f, g, e
C) b, a, d, c, f, g, e
D) f, g, d, c, b, a, e
E) c, d, a, f, b, g, e

Question 58

Which action leads to the closure of the right atrioventricular valve?

A) Contraction of the right atrium
B) Contraction of the left atrium
C) Contraction of the right ventricle
D) Relaxation of the right ventricle
E) Relaxation of the left atrium

Question 59

An autorhythmic heart cell is one in which

A) action potentials fire spontaneously.
B) action potentials are stimulated by internal stores of acetylcholine.
C) action potentials always occur at exactly the same frequency.
D) all filaments contract and relax with a high degree of synchrony.
E) action potentials are initiated by the autonomic nervous system.

Question 60

For the repolarization phase of an SA nodal cell action potential,

A) sodium and potassium channels open.
B) calcium channels open and sodium channels close.
C) calcium and potassium channels close.
D) calcium channels close and potassium channels open.
E) sodium and chloride channels open.

Question 61

Someone with a heart block would have

A) a long P-R interval.
B) a long T-P interval.
C) a short P-R interval.
D) a short T-P interval.

Question 62

Like skeletal muscle cells, cardiac muscle cells have an absolute refractory period prior to repolarization.

Question 63

The plateau phase of an action potential

A) occurs only in skeletal muscle and makes those fibers' contractions most forceful.
B) leads to tetanic contractions in smooth and skeletal muscle.
C) allows cardiac muscle cells to contract and then relax without locking up.
D) allows cardiac muscle cells to exhibit synchronous fibrillation.

Question 64

Most of the calcium that triggers contraction of cardiac muscle comes

A) into the cell through leakage channels in the sarcolemma.
B) into the cell through voltage-gated channels in the sarcolemma.
C) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of the cell.
D) from the Golgi apparatus of the cell.

Question 65

During a cardiac cycle, how many of the four chambers contract at any one time?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) Highly variable, depending on the heart beat rate
E) None of the choices is correct.

Question 66

In an ECG, what does the T wave represent?

A) Depolarization of the atria
B) Depolarization of the right ventricle
C) Repolarization of the ventricles
D) Closure of the AV valves
E) Depolarization of the left ventricle

Question 67

During the S-T segment, what is occurring within cardiac muscle cells?

A) Sodium is rapidly diffusing out of atrial muscle cells.
B) Sodium channels are beginning to open in ventricular cells and calcium is entering through slow channels in atrial cells.
C) Calcium is entering and potassium is leaving ventricular cells.
D) Potassium is entering atrial cells and sodium is leaving ventricular cells.

Question 68

What part of the cardiac conduction system is located in the posterior wall of the right atrium, adjacent to the entrance of the superior vena cava?

A) AV bundle
B) Bundle branches
C) Purkinje fibers
D) AV node
E) SA node

Question 69

Which type of muscle cell exhibits a longer refractory period?

A) Cardiac muscle cell
B) Skeletal muscle cell

Question 70

The opening and closing of the heart valves is caused by

A) contraction and relaxation of papillary muscles that pull on heart strings.
B) pressure changes of alternating contraction and relaxation during the cardiac cycle.
C) contraction of the smooth muscle in the walls of the great vessels leaving the heart.
D) action potentials within the cusps of the valves.

Question 71

The atrioventricular (AV) node is located in the

A) floor of the left atrium.
B) floor of the right atrium.
C) roof of the left ventricle.
D) back wall of the right ventricle.
E) back wall of the left ventricle.

Question 72

Blood moves into and then out of a heart chamber because

A) it moves along its pressure gradient, and that gradient depends on contraction and relaxation during the cardiac cycle.
B) it is under constant pressure, but its movement is dictated by the control of valve openings and closures.
C) the veins and arteries constrict and dilate to propel and attract blood.
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 73

In an EKG, the P wave is generated when the

A) ventricles depolarize.
B) atria depolarize.
C) atria repolarize.
D) ventricles repolarize.
E) Purkinje fibers initiate an impulse.

Question 74

The beginning of ventricular contraction, when all four valves are closed, is called (2 words) ________.

Question 75

The time that starts when a muscle cell is depolarized and ends when it is able to be restimulated is the ________ period.

Question 76

During ventricular contraction

A) only the AV valves open.
B) only the AV valves close.
C) only the semilunar valves close.
D) the semilunar valves close and the AV valves open.
E) the semilunar valves open and the AV valves close.

Question 77

Which segment of the ECG reflects the plateau phase of ventricular muscle cells' action potentials?

A) P-T segment
B) S-T segment
C) Q-R segment
D) P-R interval
E) T-P interval

Question 78

Someone with tachyarrhythmia would be expected to show an abnormally

A) small Q-T interval.
B) large P-R interval.
C) large R-R interval.
D) high amplitude P wave.

Question 79

Atrial contraction occurs just before

A) isovolumetric relaxation.
B) atrial relaxation and ventricular filling.
C) ventricular ejection.
D) isovolumetric contraction.

Question 80

To initiate a cardiac muscle cell contraction, calcium

A) binds to calmodulin.
B) binds to troponin.
C) binds to actin.
D) binds to the Z-disc.
E) binds to tropomyosin.