SIEDEL CHAPTER 14 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS RATED A+
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SIEDEL CHAPTER 14 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS RATED A+
Which two heart chambers are most anterior in the chest?
a. Both atria
b. Both ventricles
c. The right atrium and ventricle
d. The left atrium and ventricle - Answers c. The right atrium and ventricle
The condition in which a p...
SIEDEL CHAPTER 14 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS RATED A+
Which two heart chambers are most anterior in the chest?
a. Both atria
b. Both ventricles
c. The right atrium and ventricle
d. The left atrium and ventricle - Answers c. The right atrium and ventricle
The condition in which a patient's heart is rotated or displaced to the right or is situated as a mirror
image of the expected position is called:
a. amyloidosis.
b. coarctation.
c. dextrocardia.
d. situs inversus. - Answers c. dextrocardia
Heart position can vary depending on body habitus. In a short stocky individual, you would expect the
heart to be located:
a. more to the right and hanging more vertically.
b. more to the left and lying more horizontally.
c. riding higher in the chest and pushed anteriorly.
d. hanging lower in the chest and riding more vertically. - Answers b. more to the left and lying more
horizontally
Which cardiac structure is responsible for the heart's pumping action?
a. Pericardium
b. Epicardium
c. Myocardium
d. Endocardium - Answers c. Myocardium
Contraction of the ventricles causes:
a. closure of the atrioventricular valves.
b. closure of the pulmonic and aortic valves.
, c. opening of the auricular septa.
d. opening of the mitral and tricuspid valves. - Answers a. closure of the atrioventricular valves
Which two structures together form the primary muscle mass of the heart?
a. Right and left ventricles
b. Left ventricle and the aorta
c. Right and left atria
d. Left atrium and the pulmonary vein - Answers a. Right and left ventricles
The major heart sounds are normally created by:
a. valves opening.
b. valves closing.
c. the rapid movement of blood.
d. rubbing together of the cardiac walls. - Answers b. valves closing
Ms. Sharpe is a 22-year-old secretary. She presents with fatigue, malaise, and a rash. On auscultation of
her heart, you note murmurs of mitral regurgitation and aortic stenosis. She reports a recent severe sore
throat. You suspect:
a. angina.
b. acute rheumatic fever.
c. cardiac amyloidosis.
d. aortic sclerosis. - Answers b. acute rheumatic fever
A grade IV mitral regurgitation murmur would:
a. be described as a diastolic murmur.
b. not be expected to have a thrill.
c. radiate to the axilla.
d. be heard best at the base. - Answers c. radiate to the axilla
Electrical activity recorded by the electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing that denotes the spread of the
stimulus through the atria is the:
a. P wave.
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