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MEDSURG 2 NUR 265 EXAM
How many chambers are in the heart? - ANSWER 4 (2 atria, 2 ventricles)

______ is heard loudest at the apex of the heart - ANSWER apical pulse

_______ pumps blood to the lungs to become oxygenated - ANSWER right side

Lungs send the blood back to the _______, then out to the body - ANSWER left
side

What does "tissue paper my assets" mean? - ANSWER Tricuspid
Pulmonic
Mitral
Atrial

______________ opens to let deoxygenated blood into RV - ANSWER tricuspid
valve

__________opens to let deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery to be pushed
to the lungs - ANSWER pulmonic valve

mitral valve - ANSWER oxygenated blood from the lungs in the LA, the valve opens
to push this blood into the LV

atrial valve - ANSWER opens to allow blood to flow out of the aorta to the rest of
the body

_________ is when blood is moving backward instead of forward, oxygenated and
deoxygenated blood mix - ANSWER valve regurgitation

normal heart sounds - ANSWER S1-S2

S1 "lub" - ANSWER closing of mitral and tricuspid valves

S1 is heard loudest - ANSWER apex

S2 "dub" - ANSWER closure of aortic and pulmonic valves

S2 is hears loudest - ANSWER base

extra not expected heart sounds - ANSWER S3-S4

when is S3 heard best? - ANSWER in left lateral position

S3 - ANSWER volume overload problem hear in early diastole

S4 - ANSWER stiff ventricle problem heard immediately before systole

, what causes murmurs? - ANSWER valves don't slam shut like their supposed to,
they take too long to close causing turbulent blood flow... deoxygenated blood and
oxygenated blood mix

precordium - ANSWER area of the chest wall overlying the heart and great vessels

thrill - ANSWER palpable vibration on the chest wall accompanying severe heart
murmur

heave or lift - ANSWER sustained forceful thrusting of the ventricle during systole

What are the 5 locations we auscultate to listen to the heart? - ANSWER Aortic:
2nd intercostal space, right sternal border
Pulmonic: 2nd intercostal space, left sternal border
Erb's Point: 3rd intercostal space, 1/2 between base and apex
Tricuspid: 4th intercostal space, left sternal border
Mitral: 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line

________________ are made of smooth muscles controlled by the autonomic
nervous system - ANSWER arteries and veins

Select the best description of the tricuspid valve:
a. left semilunar valve
b. right atrioventricular valve
c. left atrioventricular valve
d. right semilunar valve - ANSWER b. right atrioventricular valve

the function of the pulmonic valve is to:
a. divide the left atrium and left ventricle
b. guard the opening between the RA and RV
c. protect the orifice between the RV and the pulmonary artery
d. guard the entrance to the aorta from the left ventricle - ANSWER c. protect the
orifice between the RV and the pulmonary artery

Atrial systole occurs - ANSWER during ventricular diastole

the second heart sound is the result of - ANSWER closing of the aortic and
pulmonic valves

The examiner has estimated the jugular venous pressure. Identify the finding that is
abnormal. - ANSWER patient elevated to 45 degrees, internal jugular vein pulsation
at 4 cm above sternal angle

Which is a normal-sized apical impulse? - ANSWER approximately 1 x 2 cm

What would differentiate a split S2 from S3? - ANSWER S3 is lower pitched and is
heard at the apex

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