Cardiovascular System – self test
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What is a “normal” HR and BP for an adult?
What is stroke volume? What is cardiac output? Normal
values for these?
Label the diagram of the heart and vessels correctly.
What is Starling’s Law of the Heart?
What is Mean Arterial Pressure and how is it calculated?
What do you understand by i) diastolic pressure ii)
systolic pressure iii) pulse pressure?
What is the normal range of CVP and what does it tell
us?
What are the main differences between veins and
arteries?
How would you define i) tachycardia? ii) bradycardia?
What are some possible causes of tachycardia?
Define the term “shock.”
What is asystole? What is VT?, VF?
What does capillary refill time tell us? What is the normal
capillary refill time?
Can you assign the correct percentage of circulating
volume to the correct organs? A) 5% B) 30% C)
25% D) 15% 1)liver 2)heart 3)brain 4)kidneys ?
What is a normal urine output for an adult in mls/kg/hr?
What do the kidneys need in order to function
effectively?
What is oliguria? Aneuria? Polyuria?
What feedback mechanism regulates kidney function?
What is the function of the kidneys?
What is pulmonary oedema?
What is haemogobin? What are normal value ranges for
men and women?
Alderson, Bushell, Goodin 2006