1) B
2) C
3) D
4) D
5) B
7) B
8) B
9) C
10) D
11) B
1) The pulmonary artery:
A) carries blood to the ventricles
B) carries blood away from the heart
C) carries blood away from the lungs
D) carries blood to the body
2) Which of the following conditions is caused by inflamed veins causing the formation of blood clots within
the vein?
A) hemangioma
B) varicose veins
C) thrombophlebitis
D) polyarteritis
3) Which of the following statements regarding the ventricles is NOT true?
A) Ventricles have a thick muscular wall.
B) Ventricles are the pumping chambers.
C) Ventricles pump blood into the great arteries.
D) Ventricles receive blood directly from the veins returning blood to the heart.
4) Valve stenosis means the valve is:
A) too loose B) too small
C) too large
D) too stiff
5) Streptokinase and tissue-type plasminogen activator are used for:
A) open heart surgery B) thrombolytic therapy
C) defibrillation D) hypertension
7) Which of the following statements is true regarding the pulmonary circulation?
A) It carries deoxygenated blood to the body.
B) It carries oxygenated blood away from the lungs.
C) It carries deoxygenated blood towards the heart.
D) It carries oxygenated blood away from the heart.
8) In bacterial endocarditis, the mass of bacteria that forms is referred to as:
A) hemangioma
B) vegetation
C) pyoma
D) bruit
9) Blood exits the left side of the heart into the:
A) vena cavae
B) pulmonary vein
C) aorta
D) pulmonary artery
10) Fibrillation means that:
A) the heart has stopped beating B) the heart has suffered a heart attack
C) the heart is beating too fast
D) the heart beat is dangerously irregular
11) Which condition is the severe chest pain associated with myocardial ischemia?
A) myocardial infarction
B) angina pectoris
C) coronary artery disease D) congestive heart failure
Circulatory System
Directions: Select the correct answer from column I for each item in column II.
Column I
Column II
_____ 75. QRS complex
A. sinoatrial node
_____ 76. systole
B. heart rate less than 60 beats/min
_____ 77. pacemaker
C. heart rate greater than 100 beats/min
_____ 78. T wave
D. ventricular depolarization
_____ 79. tachycardia
E. ventricular contraction
_____ 80. bradycardia
F. ventricular repolarization
75. D
76. E
77. A
78. F
79. C
80. B