BIO-202L Cardiac Review

The left heart pumps blood into the

• pulmonary circuit

• systemic circuit

True or False: The base of the heart is at the inferior aspect of the pericardial cavity.

• True

• False

The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle is called the ______.

• tricuspid valve

• pulmonary semilunar valve

• mitral valve

• aortic semilunar valve

The pulmonary semilunar valve prevents backflow of blood back into the ______.

• right atrium

• right ventricle

• left atrium

• left ventricle

The myocardium is thickest at what chamber?

• Right atrium

• Right ventricle

• Left atrium

• Left ventricle

Name the layers of the heart and the pericardial cavity, from deep to superficial:

• epicardium

  myocardium

  endocardium

  parietal pericardium

• parietal pericardium

  visceral pericardium

  endocardium

  myocardium

• endocardium

  myocardium

  epicardium

  parietal pericardium

• endocardium

  myocardium

  parietal pericardium

  visceral pericardium

True or False: The coronary arteries contain deoxygenated blood, and the coronary veins contain oxygenated blood.

• True

• False

The next structure that a red blood cell would encounter after passing through the pulmonary veins would be:

• left atrium

• right atrium

• pulmonary trunk

• pulmonary valve

The structures that connect the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves are called ______.

• Pectinate muscles

• Trabeculae carneae

• Chordae tendineae

• Ligamentum arteriosum

The small indentation at the medial border of the right atrium, which is a scar tissue remnant from the fetal heart, is called the _______

• ligamentum arteriosum

• fossa ovalis

• ductus arteriosus

• foramen ovale