Human Body in Health and Illness 6th Edition Herlihy Test Bank
Chapter 16: Anatomy of the Heart
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition .
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which layer of the heart allows it to act as a pump?
a. Epicardium
b. Myocardium
c. Pericardium
d. Endocardium
ANS: B
2. Which slinglike structure supports the heart?
a. Pericardium
b. Chordae tendineae
c. Myocardium
d. Endocardium
ANS: A
3. What is the hardest working cardiac chamber and therefore has the thickest myocardium?
a. Right atrium
b. Right ventricle
c. Left atrium
d. Left ventricle
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ANS: D
4. The right ventricle pumps blood to the
a. right atrium.
b. pulmonary veins.
c. pulmonary artery.
d. aorta.
ANS: C
5. A vessel(s) that carry(ies) blood from the pulmonary capillaries to the left atrium is (are) the
a. aorta.
b. pulmonary artery.
c. pulmonary veins.
d. vena cava.
ANS: C
6. The aorta receives blood from the
a. right ventricle.
b. pulmonary veins.
c. pulmonary artery.
d. left ventricle.
ANS: D
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7. Blood flows from the right atrium through which atrioventricular valve to the right ventricle?
a. Bicuspid
b. Mitral
c. Pulmonic
d. Tricuspid
ANS: D
8. Which of the following structures receives unoxygenated blood?
a. Aorta
b. Left ventricle
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Pulmonary veins
ANS: C
9. Which of the following receives oxygenated blood?
a. Venae cavae
b. Pulmonary veins
c. Right atrium
d. Pulmonic valve
ANS: B
10. Chordae tendineae are not associated with this valve.
a. Aortic
b. Mitral
c. Tricuspid
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d. Bicuspid
ANS: A
11. With which of the following is “lubb-dupp” associated?
a. Myocardial contraction
b. Ventricular depolarization
c. Closing of heart valves
d. Diffusion of O2 from the lungs to the blood in the pulmonary capillaries
ANS: C
12. Which of the following supplies oxygenated blood to the heart muscle?
a. Coronary arteries
b. Pulmonary artery
c. Pulmonary veins
d. Cardiac veins
ANS: A
13. Where does the cardiac action potential (cardiac impulse) normally originate?
a. AV node
b. Purkinje fibers
c. Ectopic focus
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d. SA node
ANS: D
14. The pacemaker of the heart is located in the upper wall of the
a. right atrium.
b. right ventricle.
c. left atrium.
d. left ventricle.
ANS: A
15. Referring to the ECG, the P wave represents
a. atrial contraction.
b. ventricular relaxation.
c. atrial depolarization.
d. atrial repolarization.
ANS: C
16. Referring to the ECG, the QRS complex represents ventricular
a. contraction.
b. repolarization.
c. relaxation.
d. depolarization.
ANS: D
17. Which structure connects theNcusps
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valves
a. Purkinje fibers
b. AV node
c. Bundle of His
d. Chordae tendineae
ANS: D
18. What are the conducting fibers that rapidly spread the electrical signal throughout the
ventricles?
a. Bundle of His
b. Purkinje fibers
c. SA node
d. AV node
ANS: B
19. Which of the following is least related to the mitral valve?
a. Left heart
b. Bicuspid
c. Semilunar
d. Chordae tendineae
ANS: C
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Chapter 16: Anatomy of the Heart
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition .
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which layer of the heart allows it to act as a pump?
a. Epicardium
b. Myocardium
c. Pericardium
d. Endocardium
ANS: B
2. Which slinglike structure supports the heart?
a. Pericardium
b. Chordae tendineae
c. Myocardium
d. Endocardium
ANS: A
3. What is the hardest working cardiac chamber and therefore has the thickest myocardium?
a. Right atrium
b. Right ventricle
c. Left atrium
d. Left ventricle
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ANS: D
4. The right ventricle pumps blood to the
a. right atrium.
b. pulmonary veins.
c. pulmonary artery.
d. aorta.
ANS: C
5. A vessel(s) that carry(ies) blood from the pulmonary capillaries to the left atrium is (are) the
a. aorta.
b. pulmonary artery.
c. pulmonary veins.
d. vena cava.
ANS: C
6. The aorta receives blood from the
a. right ventricle.
b. pulmonary veins.
c. pulmonary artery.
d. left ventricle.
ANS: D
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7. Blood flows from the right atrium through which atrioventricular valve to the right ventricle?
a. Bicuspid
b. Mitral
c. Pulmonic
d. Tricuspid
ANS: D
8. Which of the following structures receives unoxygenated blood?
a. Aorta
b. Left ventricle
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Pulmonary veins
ANS: C
9. Which of the following receives oxygenated blood?
a. Venae cavae
b. Pulmonary veins
c. Right atrium
d. Pulmonic valve
ANS: B
10. Chordae tendineae are not associated with this valve.
a. Aortic
b. Mitral
c. Tricuspid
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d. Bicuspid
ANS: A
11. With which of the following is “lubb-dupp” associated?
a. Myocardial contraction
b. Ventricular depolarization
c. Closing of heart valves
d. Diffusion of O2 from the lungs to the blood in the pulmonary capillaries
ANS: C
12. Which of the following supplies oxygenated blood to the heart muscle?
a. Coronary arteries
b. Pulmonary artery
c. Pulmonary veins
d. Cardiac veins
ANS: A
13. Where does the cardiac action potential (cardiac impulse) normally originate?
a. AV node
b. Purkinje fibers
c. Ectopic focus
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d. SA node
ANS: D
14. The pacemaker of the heart is located in the upper wall of the
a. right atrium.
b. right ventricle.
c. left atrium.
d. left ventricle.
ANS: A
15. Referring to the ECG, the P wave represents
a. atrial contraction.
b. ventricular relaxation.
c. atrial depolarization.
d. atrial repolarization.
ANS: C
16. Referring to the ECG, the QRS complex represents ventricular
a. contraction.
b. repolarization.
c. relaxation.
d. depolarization.
ANS: D
17. Which structure connects theNcusps
URSofINthe
GTAV
B.C OM to the ventricles?
valves
a. Purkinje fibers
b. AV node
c. Bundle of His
d. Chordae tendineae
ANS: D
18. What are the conducting fibers that rapidly spread the electrical signal throughout the
ventricles?
a. Bundle of His
b. Purkinje fibers
c. SA node
d. AV node
ANS: B
19. Which of the following is least related to the mitral valve?
a. Left heart
b. Bicuspid
c. Semilunar
d. Chordae tendineae
ANS: C
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