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NUR 120 Exam 2 Cardiac portionQuestions and Answers
A patient with a tricuspid valve disorder will have impaired blood flow between the
A. Vena cava and right atrium
B. Left atrium and left ventricle
C. Right atrium and right ventricle
D. Right ventricle and pulmonary artery - Answer-C. Right atrium and right ventricle
The auscultatory area in the left midclavicular line at the level of the fifth ICS is the best
location to hear sounds from which heart valve?
a. aortic
b. mitral
c. tricuspid
d. pulmonic - Answer-B. mitral
A patient is receiving a drug that decreases afterload. To evaluate the patient's
response to this drug, what is most important for the nurse to assess?
A. Heart rate
B. Lung sounds
C. Blood pressure
D. Jugular venous distention - Answer-C. Blood pressure
Where is the Angle of Louis located and what is it used for? - Answer-Located at 2nd
rib, where sternum joins. Palpable in midline of sternum. Used to count ICSs and locate
specific auscultatory areas
What are the 5 auscultatory areas? - Answer-1. Aortic
2. Pulmonic
3. Tricuspid
4. Mitral
A picture to my heart
5. Erb's point
Aortic area (base) - Answer-Second ICS to the right of the sternum
Pulmonic area - Answer-Second ICS to the left of the sternum
Tricuspid area - Answer-Fifth left ICS close to the sternum
Mitral area - Answer-Left midclavicular line at fifth ICS
Erb's point - Answer-Third left ICS near the sternum
, S1 - Answer-closure of tricuspid and mitral valves; signals beginning of systole
(contraction)
S2 - Answer-closure of aortic and pulmonic valves; signals beginning of diastole
What are the 3 layers of the heart? - Answer-1. Endocardium
2. Myocardium
3. Epicardium
Endocardium - Answer-Thin inner lining of heart
Myocardium - Answer-Middle layer of muscle of heart
Epicardium - Answer-Outer layer of heart
Heart is covered by what? - Answer-Pericardium; has two layers - visceral (inside) and
parietal (outer)
Pericardial Space - Answer-Contains small amount of pericardial fluid (10-15 mL) that
lubricates the area between the pericardial layers and prevents friction between the
surfaces as the heart contracts
Which chamber of the heart is the thickest? - Answer-Left ventricular wall
Ventricle walls are ___ than atrial walls - Answer-thicker
Pericarditis - Answer-Inflammation of pericardium membrane that creates extra fluid
around the heart
What are the two semilunar valves? - Answer-Pulmonic and Aortic valves
Valves - Answer-Prevent blood from regurgitating intro atria and ventricles at end of
ventricular contraction
Right ventricle pumps blood to where? - Answer-Pulmonary circulation through
pulmonary arteries
Left ventricle pumps blood to where? - Answer-Systemic circulation through aorta
Chambers fill during ___ - Answer-diastole (relaxation)
Chambers empty during ___ - Answer-systole (contraction)
Coronary arteries, from the ___, bring O2 to the myocardium - Answer-aorta
Right coronary artery - Answer-Blood flows to posterior (inferior) heart wall
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