NUR 504 3P APEA COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
● valves . Answer: prevent backflow
● endocardium . Answer: inner layer
● myocardium . Answer: heart muscle
● pericardial space . Answer: nothing should be in there
● Types of Vascular System . Answer: arterial system, venous system
● Tricuspid . Answer: is on the right
● mitral . Answer: on the left
● vascular system . Answer: provides a route for blood to travel from the
heart to nourish the various tissues of the body, carries cellular wastes to
, the excretory organs, allows lymphatic flow to drain tissue fluid back
into the circulation, returns blood to the heart for recirculation
● arterial system . Answer: delivers oxygen & nutrients to various
tissues in the body
● venous system . Answer: to complete the circulation of blood by
returning blood from the capillaries to the right side of heart
● mitral stenosis . Answer: valve opening narrows, preventing normal
blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle
● mitral stenosis causes . Answer: rheumatic fever, rheumatic carditis
(causes valve thickening by fibrosis & calcification)
● mitral stenosis s/s . Answer: asymptomatic (mild), pulmonary
congestion, right-sided HF
● mitral regurgitation . Answer: Incomplete closure of the valve, which
allows the backflow of blood into the left atrium when the left ventricle
contracts
● mitral regurgitation causes . Answer: mitral valve prolapse, rheumatic
heart disease, infective endocarditis,myocardial infarction (MI),
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
● valves . Answer: prevent backflow
● endocardium . Answer: inner layer
● myocardium . Answer: heart muscle
● pericardial space . Answer: nothing should be in there
● Types of Vascular System . Answer: arterial system, venous system
● Tricuspid . Answer: is on the right
● mitral . Answer: on the left
● vascular system . Answer: provides a route for blood to travel from the
heart to nourish the various tissues of the body, carries cellular wastes to
, the excretory organs, allows lymphatic flow to drain tissue fluid back
into the circulation, returns blood to the heart for recirculation
● arterial system . Answer: delivers oxygen & nutrients to various
tissues in the body
● venous system . Answer: to complete the circulation of blood by
returning blood from the capillaries to the right side of heart
● mitral stenosis . Answer: valve opening narrows, preventing normal
blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle
● mitral stenosis causes . Answer: rheumatic fever, rheumatic carditis
(causes valve thickening by fibrosis & calcification)
● mitral stenosis s/s . Answer: asymptomatic (mild), pulmonary
congestion, right-sided HF
● mitral regurgitation . Answer: Incomplete closure of the valve, which
allows the backflow of blood into the left atrium when the left ventricle
contracts
● mitral regurgitation causes . Answer: mitral valve prolapse, rheumatic
heart disease, infective endocarditis,myocardial infarction (MI),
