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OMSA Test QuestionsBeta one controls the - Answer-Heart
Stimulation of Vagus nerve will _______ the heart rate - Answer-Decrease
The _____ valve lies in between the right atrium and the right ventricle, while the ____ valve lies in
between the left atrium and left ventricle - Answer-Tricuspid , Mitral
Another name for the Sympathetic Nervous System is the Cholinergic System. True or False - Answer-
False
Insufficient blood flow through the coronary arteries can result in - Answer-Angina
Name the two systems that comprise the autonomic nervous system - Answer-Parasympathetic and
sympathetic
Trace the pathway of the conduction system through the heart : ___ node to the ___ node , to the
Bundle of His in the ___ and finally to the ___ - Answer-SA, AV, Bundle branches , Purkinjie fibers
,Follow the pathway of the blood flow through the heart : Superior and inferior vena to the __ atrium,
past the __ valve and into the ___ ventricle, past the __ valve to the __ artery to the lungs where it picks
up oxygen. - Answer-right , tricuspid , right , pulmonic, pulmonary
Continue the pathway of the blood flow: From the lungs where it picked up oxygen, blood travels
through the __ vein to the __ atrium, past the __ valve to the __ ventricle, then through the __ valve
and into the __ where it is pumped to the rest of the body. - Answer-pulmonic, left, mitral, left, aortic,
aorta
What does NECROSIS mean? - Answer-Death of tissue
Symptoms of right sided heart failure include: - Answer-Ascites and pitting edema
Which patient needs antibiotic premedication? - Answer-A 70 year old with a prosthetic valve
What medication is used in the treatment of angina - Answer-Nitroglycerin
Left sides heart failure often leads to - Answer-Right sided heart failure
What causes a heart murmur - Answer-Turbulence in the blood flow across the heart valves
The first heart sound is caused by : - Answer-The mitral and tricuspid valves closing
What is the difference between angina and myocardial infraction - Answer-Angina is chest pain due to
inadequate oxygenation while a myocardial infraction means death of the actual heart muscle
What are two kinds of heart failure - Answer-Right and left
, What is the mnemonic for a patient having a myocardial infraction - Answer-MONA
Symptoms of left sided heart failure include: - Answer-Shortness of breath, pulmonary edema
What does ISCHEMIA mean? - Answer-inadequate blood supply
What do Beta Blockers do? - Answer-reduce heart rate and blood pressure
The pneumonic for diagnosing a stroke is : - Answer-FAST (face, arm, speech, time)
Your patient wonders if he should skip his blood pressure medication the morning of surgery since he
can't have anything to eat or drink. What do you tell him? - Answer-take your medications with a small
sip of water
High blood pressure may increase the patient's risk for heart attack and - Answer-stroke
Cause of hypotension include all of the following EXCEPT - Answer-seizures
Symptoms of severe hypotension include all of the following EXCEPT - Answer-Chest pain
The blood pressure limit which is generally considered the upper limit of normal is? - Answer-140/90
Treatment for a patient having a hypertensive crisis includes: - Answer-A Beta Blocker and a vasodilator
True or False: A patient that has a history of a CABG ( coronary artery bypass grafting) needs to be
premedicated antibiotics - Answer-False
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