ASPT EKG Certification Exam Study Guide Question and answers 100% correct
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ASPT EKG Certification Exam Study Guide Question and answers 100% correct ASPT EKG Certification Exam Study Guide
A U wave usually occurs when a patient has very low ____? - correct answer potassium K+
The QRS complex occurs when the _________ contract. - correct answer ventricles
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ASPT EKG Certification Exam Study
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A U wave usually occurs when a patient has very low ____? - correct answer
✔potassium K+
The QRS complex occurs when the _________ contract. - correct answer
✔ventricles
The heart has 4 valves that are made up of endocardium. Blood leaves the
heart through the ________ and _______ valves. These valves are also
called the semilunar valves. - correct answer ✔pulmonic
aortic
As blood returns to the heart from the body, it enters the _______ atrium. -
correct answer ✔right
Where does the superior vena cava get its blood from? - correct answer
✔the head, neck and upper extremeties
The innermost layer of the heart is called? - correct answer ✔Endocardium
_____ _____ _______ (____) is a condition when the heart, for whatever
reason, cannot meet the demands of the body. - correct answer ✔congestive
heart failure (CHF)
Te two entrance valves of the heart are the _______ and _____? - correct
answer ✔tricuspid, bicuspid
, The semilunar valves are the ______ and _________. - correct answer
✔pulmonic
aortic
The _________ is the fibrous outer fluid filled layer that cover the heart and
separates it from the content in the chest cavity. - correct answer
✔pericardium
The EKG records the electrical impulses called the ____ ____. - correct
answer ✔cardiac cycle
The cardiac cycle is represented by the__ _____________, ___ _____, and _
_______? - correct answer ✔P wave
QRS complex
T wave
The contraction of the atria is the __ ______? - correct answer ✔P wave
The contraction of the ventricles is the ___ ____? - correct answer ✔QRS
complex
The T wave is the ? - correct answer ✔relaxation of the ventricles
The U wave is the? - correct answer ✔not always seen but represents
depolarization. Also possible low potassium levels.
The right and left atria are known as the ________ ________. - correct
answer ✔receiving chambers
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