Cardiology Fisdap Test Prep UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Cardiology Fisdap Test Prep UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
pericardial friction rub - to and fro sound inbetween systole and diastole (due to pericarditis) -
CORRECT ANSWERDivisions of Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA) - CORRECT ANSWER- Left Anterior
Descending & Circumflex corona...
Cardiology Fisdap Test Prep UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
pericardial friction rub - to and fro sound inbetween systole and diastole (due to pericarditis) -
CORRECT ANSWER-
Divisions of Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA) - CORRECT ANSWER- Left Anterior
Descending & Circumflex coronary artery
Left Main Coronary Artery supplies what? - CORRECT ANSWER- Left Ventricle,
Interventricular Septum, Part of Right Ventricle
Right Coronary Artery supplies what? - CORRECT ANSWER- Right Atrium, Right
Ventricle, Part of Left Ventricle
Diastole - CORRECT ANSWER- Period when ventricles relax and are passively filled with
blood
Systole - CORRECT ANSWER- Contraction of heart muscle
Preload - CORRECT ANSWER- Initial stretching of cardiac myocytes prior to left sided
contract
Afterload - CORRECT ANSWER- blood is driving out of the heart against system arteries
Which side (right or left) of the heart is a low pressure pump? - CORRECT ANSWER- right
side
Layers of blood vessels from outer to inner... - CORRECT ANSWER- Tunica Adventitia
Tunica Media
Tunica Intima
Epithelium (creates lumen of blood vessels)
, Which type of vessel (arteries or veins) have more muscular layer allowing them to better
contract? - CORRECT ANSWER- arteries
What aids venous return to the heart? - CORRECT ANSWER- Valves prevent backflow &
Skeletal muscle and thoracoabdominal pumps aid venous return
Cardiac Output - CORRECT ANSWER- Amount of blood pumped out by either ventricle
Normal CO for an adult is 5-6L/min
CO is a function of HR and Stroke Volume
Stroke Volume - CORRECT ANSWER- Amount of blood pumped out by either ventricle in a
single heartbeat
SV is 60-100ml normally
Ejection Fraction - CORRECT ANSWER- Percent of blood that leaves the heart each time it
contracts
Normal range of 55-70% from left ventricle
Frank-Starling mechanism - CORRECT ANSWER- A characteristic of cardiac muscle that
enables it when stretched to contract with greater force
Inotropic - CORRECT ANSWER- Contractility of heart
Chronotropic - CORRECT ANSWER- Rate of heart
Dromotropic - CORRECT ANSWER- Electrical conductivity of heart
Depolarization of Myocytes - CORRECT ANSWER- Cells receive stimulus from conduction
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