Exam-N5315 - Advanced Pathophysiology - CAD, Angina,
and ACS (Lecture) Qs & As
Just distal to the aortic valve Correct-Where do the coronary arteries branch off the aortic
root?
Left coronary artery and right coronary artery Correct-What are the 2 main coronary
arteries that branch off the aorta?
During cardiac diastole Correct-When do both main coronary arteries fill?
Left anterior descending artery, left marginal artery, and left circumflex artery Correct-The
left coronary artery branches off into which arteries?
Supplies blood to the anterior 2/3 of the inter ventricular septum, anterior papillary muscles,
and the anterior surface of the left ventricle Correct-What does the left anterior
descending artery do?
Obtuse marginal artery Correct-What is the left marginal artery also known as?
,Exam-N5315 - Advanced Pathophysiology - CAD, Angina,
and ACS (Lecture) Qs & As
Supplies blood to the left ventricle, mostly the anterior side of the left ventricle Correct-
What does the left marginal artery do?
Supplies blood to the lateral and posterior walls of the left ventricle, and the left atrium
Correct-What does the left circumflex artery do?
Right marginal artery and posterior descending artery Correct-The right coronary artery
branches off into which arteries?
Supplies blood to the SA and AV nodes in the right atrium and both ventricles.; however it
supplies more blood to the right ventricle Correct-What does the right coronary artery do?
Supplies blood to the anterior and posterior portions of the right ventricle Correct-What
does the marginal artery do?
Interventricular artery Correct-What is the posterior descending artery also known as?
, Exam-N5315 - Advanced Pathophysiology - CAD, Angina,
and ACS (Lecture) Qs & As
Supplies blood to the posterior 1/3 of the interventricular septum, the posterior wall of both
ventricles, and the posteromedial papillary muscles Correct-What does the posterior
descending artery do?
Right dominant or left dominant Correct-Coronary arterial blood supply can be what?
majority; 85% Correct-What percentage of persons are right dominant?
If the posterior descending artery arises from the right coronary artery Correct-A person is
said to be right dominant if what?
If the posterior descending artery arises from the left circumflex artery; 8% Correct-A
person is said to be left dominant if what and what percentage of the population does this
affect?
If the posterior descending artery arises from both the right and left coronary arteries; 7%
Correct-A person is said to be codominant if what and what percentage of the population
does this affect?
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