ASPT EKG CERTIFICATION & ASPT Phlebotomy Certification Examination Combined Study Questions With Revised Correct Answers
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Phlebotomy
Institution
Phlebotomy
ASPT EKG CERTIFICATION & ASPT
Phlebotomy Certification
Examination Combined Study
Questions With Revised Correct
Answers
What nourishes the myocardium? - ANSWER
arteries
coronary
What happens if the blood supply to the myocardium stops? -
ANSWER
that area of the myoc...
ASPT EKG CERTIFICATION & ASPT
Phlebotomy Certification
Examination Combined Study
Questions With Revised Correct
Answers
What nourishes the myocardium? - ANSWER coronary
arteries
What happens if the blood supply to the myocardium stops? -
ANSWER that area of the myocardium dies
What is the thickest layer of the heart? - ANSWER
Myocardium
How big is the heart? - ANSWER the size of your fist
What does the heart function as? - ANSWER a pump that
pumps blood to the body
,What vein returns blood to the heart? - ANSWER Superior
and inferior vena cava
What is the vein that brings blood from below the diaphragm
to the heart? - ANSWER Inferior vena cava
What is a term for "a rapid heart beat"? - ANSWER
tachycardia
What is it called when the right and left coronary arteries can't
supply enough blood to the heart? - ANSWER Coronary
insufficiency
Which system's purpose is to initiate the heart beat and
regulate the cardiac cycle? - ANSWER The conduction
system
What do you call an event occurring at a place other than its
normal location? - ANSWER Ectopic
, What are heart beats generated by from an impulse originating
some other place than the SA node? - ANSWER Ectopic
heart beats
Where is the SA node located? - ANSWER in the upper
wall of the right atrium
What is the function of the SA node? - ANSWER generate
the stimulus to make the heart beat
What is the term for the heart when its is contracting? -
ANSWER Systole
What is a non-synchronous contraction of the muscle tissue,
with individual cells firing at their own rate, making the heart
look like a "bag of worms"? - ANSWER Fibrillation
What happens when the atria contracts? - ANSWER The
blood is squeezed into the ventricles
, What could happen to the patient when the heart beats too
slow? - ANSWER The patient can suffer from syncope
(fainting)
Where is the heart located? - ANSWER mediastinum
What is the function of the heart? - ANSWER Pump
sufficient amounts of blood to all the cells in the body
When does the U wave appear, if it appears? - ANSWER
after the T wave
What is reduced blood to the heart, a condition of inadequate
blood flow to a tissue? - ANSWER Ischemia
What can ischemia to the heart cause? - ANSWER angina
and infarction
What are precordial leads also called? - ANSWER chest
leads
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