COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ CARDIAC OUTPUT.
Answer: amount of blood ejected by the heart in one minute
◉ HEART RATE.
Answer: number of beats per minute
◉ BRADYCARDIA.
Answer: <60 bpm
◉ TACHYCARDIA.
Answer: >100 bpm
◉ EPINEPHRINE.
Answer: increases heart rate, bronchodilator
◉ PULMONARY ARTERIES.
Answer: 2, carry deoxygenated blood to lungs
,◉ PULMONARY VEINS.
Answer: 4, carry oxygenated blood to the left atrium
◉ VALVES.
Answer: atrioventricular and semilunar
◉ ATRIOVENTRICULAR.
Answer: right-tricuspid, left-mitral
◉ SEMILUNAR.
Answer: pulmonary, aortic
◉ HEART SOUNDS.
Answer: represent closure of AV valves and semilunar valves
◉ FORAMEN OVALE.
Answer: in fetus opening between right and left atrium,
nonfunctional lungs
◉ LAYERS OF THE HEART.
Answer: endocardium-innermost
, myocardium-middle muscle layer
epicardium-outermost
◉ CONDUCTION SYSTEM OF THE HEART.
Answer: SA node, AV node, AV Bundle, Rt & Lt Bundle branches,
Purkinje fibers
◉ ELECTROCARDIOGRAM EKG.
Answer: P wave~atrial contraction
QRS~ventricular contraction, atrial relaxation
T wave~ventricular relaxation
◉ ARTERIES.
Answer: high pressure
◉ VEINS.
Answer: low pressure
◉ CAPILLARIES.
Answer: microscopic vessels