CVS 204 Test one QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
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Location of the heart - Space between the 2nd and 5th ribs
Rests on the diaphragm
To the left of the midline
Anterior to the vertebrae, posterior to the sternum, and
medial to the lungs
What is the epicardium? - Visceral layer of the serous pericardium. Outer layer
What is the myocardium? - Cardiac muscle layer forming the bulk of the heart. Middle layer
What is the endocardium? - Endothelial layer of the inner myocardial surface. Inner layer
What is the fibrous skeleton of the heart? - Crisscrossing, interlacing layer of connective tissue
that surrounds the heart valves and insulates the atria from the ventricles.
Name the four cardiac valves. - Mitral Valve / Bicuspid, Tricuspid Valve, Pulmonic Valve, Aortic
Valve.
Name the four cardiac chambers. - Right Atria, Left Atria, Right Ventricle, Left Ventricle.
, Describe the tricuspid valve. - Three unequal leaflets the orifice is larger than the mitral valve
and the tricuspid valve is slightly higher.
Describe the mitral valve. - Two unequally sized leaflets: Thicker than tricuspid leaflets (MV has
to withstand pressure of LV)
What is the Pulmonic Valve? - Located at the top of the right ventricular outflow tract
What is the Anterior cusp? - One of the cusps of the Pulmonic Valve
What is the Right cusp? - One of the cusps of the Pulmonic Valve
What is the Left cusp? - One of the cusps of the Pulmonic Valve
What is the Aortic Valve? - Located at the top of the left ventricular outflow tract
What is the Right coronary cusp? - One of the cusps of the Aortic Valve
What is the Left coronary cusp? - One of the cusps of the Aortic Valve
What is the Noncoronary cusp? - One of the cusps of the Aortic Valve
What is the Sinus of Valsalva? - A dilated pouch-like area behind each cusp
What is the right ventricle? - The most anterior chamber of the heart.
UPDATE
Location of the heart - Space between the 2nd and 5th ribs
Rests on the diaphragm
To the left of the midline
Anterior to the vertebrae, posterior to the sternum, and
medial to the lungs
What is the epicardium? - Visceral layer of the serous pericardium. Outer layer
What is the myocardium? - Cardiac muscle layer forming the bulk of the heart. Middle layer
What is the endocardium? - Endothelial layer of the inner myocardial surface. Inner layer
What is the fibrous skeleton of the heart? - Crisscrossing, interlacing layer of connective tissue
that surrounds the heart valves and insulates the atria from the ventricles.
Name the four cardiac valves. - Mitral Valve / Bicuspid, Tricuspid Valve, Pulmonic Valve, Aortic
Valve.
Name the four cardiac chambers. - Right Atria, Left Atria, Right Ventricle, Left Ventricle.
, Describe the tricuspid valve. - Three unequal leaflets the orifice is larger than the mitral valve
and the tricuspid valve is slightly higher.
Describe the mitral valve. - Two unequally sized leaflets: Thicker than tricuspid leaflets (MV has
to withstand pressure of LV)
What is the Pulmonic Valve? - Located at the top of the right ventricular outflow tract
What is the Anterior cusp? - One of the cusps of the Pulmonic Valve
What is the Right cusp? - One of the cusps of the Pulmonic Valve
What is the Left cusp? - One of the cusps of the Pulmonic Valve
What is the Aortic Valve? - Located at the top of the left ventricular outflow tract
What is the Right coronary cusp? - One of the cusps of the Aortic Valve
What is the Left coronary cusp? - One of the cusps of the Aortic Valve
What is the Noncoronary cusp? - One of the cusps of the Aortic Valve
What is the Sinus of Valsalva? - A dilated pouch-like area behind each cusp
What is the right ventricle? - The most anterior chamber of the heart.
