PATHO NR 605
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Which elevated lab value may be protective of the development of atherosclerosis? -
Answers-High-density lipoproteins HDL's
Provides one-way flow of blood from the left ventricle into the aorta - Answers-Aortic
valve
Transports deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the right lung. - Answers-
Right pulmonary artery
Transports oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the systemic circulation. -
Answers-Aorta (aortic arch)
Conveys deoxygenated blood from the head and upper extremities to the right atrium? -
Answers-Superior vena cava
Provides one-way flow of blood from the right ventricle to the left lung? - Answers-
Pulmonary valve
Transports deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the left lung? - Answers-left
pulmonary artery
Conveys deoxygenated blood from the trunk and lower extremities to the right atrium? -
Answers-Inferior vena cava
Transports oxygenated blood from the left lung to the left atrium? - Answers-Left
pulmonary veins
, Provides one-way flow of blood from the right atrium into the right ventricle - Answers-
tricuspid valve
Right ventricle enlargement caused by chronic pulmonary hypertension? - Answers-
Corpulmonale
Which chamber of the heart endures the highest pressures? - Answers-Left Ventricle
Occlusion of the left anterior descending artery during a myocardial infarction would
interrupt blood supply to which structures? - Answers-Left and right ventricles and much
of the interventricular septum
What is the initiating event that leads to the development of atherosclerosis? - Answers-
Injury to the endothelial cells that line the artery walls
Name 4 Age-related changes associated with the cardiovascular system include? -
Answers-1. decreased cardiac output
2. increased blood pressure
3. decreased compliance of the heart muscle
4. thickening of the heart valves.
An individual who is demonstrating elevated levels of troponin, creatine kinase-
isoenzyme MB (CK-MB), and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is exhibiting indicators
associated with which condition? - Answers-Myocardial infarction (MI)
Which form of heart failure may result from pulmonary disease and elevated pulmonary
vascular resistance? - Answers-Right-sided Heart Failure
Orthopnea, crackles and coughing pink frothy sputum result from back up into the lungs
from which heart failure? - Answers-Left-sided Heart Failure
jugular venous distention, hepatomegaly and ankle edema are more from backup from
which heart failure? - Answers-Right-sided Heart failure
Dilated cardiomyopathy means that - Answers-the cardiac chambers are enlarged
(increased diastolic volume) and the myocardium has decreased contractility.
In restrictive cardiomyopathy, the cardiac chambers - Answers-have decreased volume
and the myocardium is rigid and noncompliant
Cardiac valve damage in rheumatic fever is caused by - Answers-an abnormal immune
response
Acute rheumatic fever is characterized by - Answers-carditis, acute migratory
polyarthritis, chorea, and erythema marginatum, which occurs 1 to 5 weeks after
streptococcal infection of the pharynx
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Which elevated lab value may be protective of the development of atherosclerosis? -
Answers-High-density lipoproteins HDL's
Provides one-way flow of blood from the left ventricle into the aorta - Answers-Aortic
valve
Transports deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the right lung. - Answers-
Right pulmonary artery
Transports oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the systemic circulation. -
Answers-Aorta (aortic arch)
Conveys deoxygenated blood from the head and upper extremities to the right atrium? -
Answers-Superior vena cava
Provides one-way flow of blood from the right ventricle to the left lung? - Answers-
Pulmonary valve
Transports deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the left lung? - Answers-left
pulmonary artery
Conveys deoxygenated blood from the trunk and lower extremities to the right atrium? -
Answers-Inferior vena cava
Transports oxygenated blood from the left lung to the left atrium? - Answers-Left
pulmonary veins
, Provides one-way flow of blood from the right atrium into the right ventricle - Answers-
tricuspid valve
Right ventricle enlargement caused by chronic pulmonary hypertension? - Answers-
Corpulmonale
Which chamber of the heart endures the highest pressures? - Answers-Left Ventricle
Occlusion of the left anterior descending artery during a myocardial infarction would
interrupt blood supply to which structures? - Answers-Left and right ventricles and much
of the interventricular septum
What is the initiating event that leads to the development of atherosclerosis? - Answers-
Injury to the endothelial cells that line the artery walls
Name 4 Age-related changes associated with the cardiovascular system include? -
Answers-1. decreased cardiac output
2. increased blood pressure
3. decreased compliance of the heart muscle
4. thickening of the heart valves.
An individual who is demonstrating elevated levels of troponin, creatine kinase-
isoenzyme MB (CK-MB), and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is exhibiting indicators
associated with which condition? - Answers-Myocardial infarction (MI)
Which form of heart failure may result from pulmonary disease and elevated pulmonary
vascular resistance? - Answers-Right-sided Heart Failure
Orthopnea, crackles and coughing pink frothy sputum result from back up into the lungs
from which heart failure? - Answers-Left-sided Heart Failure
jugular venous distention, hepatomegaly and ankle edema are more from backup from
which heart failure? - Answers-Right-sided Heart failure
Dilated cardiomyopathy means that - Answers-the cardiac chambers are enlarged
(increased diastolic volume) and the myocardium has decreased contractility.
In restrictive cardiomyopathy, the cardiac chambers - Answers-have decreased volume
and the myocardium is rigid and noncompliant
Cardiac valve damage in rheumatic fever is caused by - Answers-an abnormal immune
response
Acute rheumatic fever is characterized by - Answers-carditis, acute migratory
polyarthritis, chorea, and erythema marginatum, which occurs 1 to 5 weeks after
streptococcal infection of the pharynx
