Anatomy Final Exam Review Part 2

A heart weighs around

• 4-6 oz

• 9-12 oz

• 16-20 oz

• 13-15 oz

The apex of the heart is

• the top, nearest your brain

• the rear, nearest your spine

• the front, nearest your ribcage

• the bottom, nearest your stomach

______ is a common cause of ______.

• hypertension; stenosis

• stenosis; infarction

• thrombolytics; stenosis

• stenosis; plaque buildup

A person diagnosed with hypertension

• can't breathe properly

• has high blood pressure

• has an engorged heart

• has narrowed blood vessels

When the ventricular myocardium receives an electrical impulse, it stimulates a contraction that

• only pulls in deoxygenated blood from the body

• pushes both types of blood to both the lungs and body

• only pushes deoxygenated blood to the lungs

• only pulls in oxygenated blood from the lungs

Paul has suffered a major bleeding would and is near death. His blood pressure

• will not significantly change

• will be lower than average

• will be higher than average

• will fluctuate wildly between high and low as he bleeds out

The parts of the heart that are called the apex or base are named according to their

• position in the thoracic cavity

• orientation in the body

• size and shape

• color

The main structural distinction between the left atrium and the right atrium is that the left atrium has the _____ and the right atrium does not.

• auricle

• pectinate muscles

• cardiac muscles

• chordae tendinae

What does diastolic blood pressure represent?

• the ejection phase of the heart

• force as atria and ventricles fill with blood

• amount of oxygen in blood

• amount of carbon dioxide in blood

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Compared to their baseline, a person who is in the middle of a long job would hvae

• higher blood pressure

• lower blood pressure

• the same blood pressure

• wildly fluctuating blood pressure

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