Heart Review
1. What is the pericardium, what layers
compose it, and how can it become
infected?
2. What are auricles, and give the
function of the coronary sulcus?
3. Name the chambers of the heart, and
what separates them.
4. What/why is the fossa ovalis important?
5. Explain the location and importance of
the chordeae tendineae, papillary
muscle, tricuspid, and bicuspid valve.
6. Explain the pathway of blood from the
vena cava to the aorta.
7. Explain what the waves of an ECG
represent.
8. Explain coronary circulation and what
occurs when it is blocked.
9. Draw and explain the cardiac
conduction pathway.
10. Explain the sounds of the heart.
11. Explain the illnesses atherosclerosis,
arrhythmias, rheumatic fever.
12. List and explain the valves, and the
backflow they prevent.