Already Passed Solutions 2026
Updated.
from 2 ICS to 5 ICS; right sternal border to left mid-clavicular line - Answer heart extends?
precordium - Answer anterior chest area overlying the heart and great vessels
mediastinum - Answer area between the lungs in the middle of the thoracic cage
angle of louis; rib 2 - Answer where manubrium articulates with the body of the sternum -
__; landmark for __
tricuspid - Answer valve in between right atrium and right ventricle
pulmonic semilunar valve - Answer valve in between right ventricle and pulmonary artery
aortic semilunar valve - Answer valve between left ventricle and aorta
mitral/bicuspid - Answer valve between left atrium and left ventricle
systole - Answer contraction/ejection
diastole - Answer relaxation/filling
isovolumic - Answer no blood moves but there's a pressure gradient change
closing - Answer valve _ makes the sound heard
25% - Answer atrial systole adds __ to the left ventricle end diastolic volume
AV valves closing during ventricular systole - Answer S1 sound
Semilunar valves closing during ventricular diastole - Answer S2 sound
, abnormal sound that indicates rapid filling and a ventricular gallop - Answer S3 sound
abnormal sound that indicates an atrial gallop - Answer S4 sound
thrill; bruit; murmur - Answer when palpate a __, auscultate a ___; but when talking about
the heart, it is called a __
murmur; systole and diastole; increased blood velocity (flow murmur); structural defects in the
valves (stenosis and imcompetence/regurgitant); abnormal chamber openings - Answer
gentle, blowing, swooshing sound caused by turbulent blood flow; occurs during __; can be
caused by:
SA node; 60-100 BPM - Answer intrinsic pacemaker; rate?
AV node; 40-60 BPM; purkinje fibers; 20-40 BPM - Answer back-up pacemakers; rates?
P wave - atrial depolarization
PR interval - time frame between atrial and ventricular depolarization
QRS wave - ventricular depolarization
T wave - ventricular repolarization - Answer EKG
stroke volume - Answer blood volume ejected with systole
afterload; blood pressure - Answer resistance against which the ventricles pump; key
determinant?
preload; volume - Answer ventricular filling during diastole that creates the end diastolic
pressure; key determinant?
S1 - Answer carotid artery pulse always associated with __
increased BP (esp. systolic r/t atherosclerosis); LV hypertrophy; CAD - Answer aging adult
cardiac considerations
orthopnea - Answer can't breathe when laying down