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What is the apex of the heart?

• a) The broad end of the heart

• b) The pointed end of the heart

• c) The point where the heart and the aorta come together

• d) The part of the heart where the inferior and superior vena cana enter

Where is the apex of the heart located

• a) It lies just above the diaphragm on the mid clavicular line

• b) It lies between the lungs

• c) It lies on the right side of the chest

• d) It lies near the liver

What does the shape of the heart look like?

• a Ir has a point at the top part

• b) It is shaped like a football

• c) It looks like an upside down pear

• d) It opens like a valve and closes whne blood comes in contact with it

Where is the base of the heart located ?

• a) Below the diaphragm

• b) Midclabicular just below the 5th intercostal space

• c) On the right side

• d) Between the lungs

During what phase does a heart chamber empty the blood

• a) Only during the relaxation or diastolic phase

• b) It may fill at any phase if there blood flowing into it

• c) It only fills as the blood returns from the lungs

• d) Only during the contraction or systole phase

If the ventricles are in the systole phase what is happing

• a) They ate relaxing and waiting for the next heartbeat to begin

• b) They are generating the next heartbeat

• c) They are pumping the blood out of the chamber by contraction

• d) They ate receiving blood from the atria

What is the largest chamber of the heart?

• a) The left atrium

• b) The right ventricle

• c) The right atrium

• d) The left ventricle

Why is the chamber in question 88 the largest

• a) Becuase that side is larger

• b) Because it has the job of pumping blood out all parts of the body

• c) Because it receives the most blood

• d) Because it goes to lung