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2025 WGU D313 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II
CARDIOVASCULAR PRACTICE TEST WITH 350
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/
D313 CARDIOVASCULAR TEST QS & AS PLUS A
STUDY GUIDE
From the suprasternal notch view, which are the first
three branches of the aorta ascending to descending?
A. Brachiocephalic artery, L subclavian artery, LCCA
B. R subclavian artery, L subclavian artery, LCCA
C. L subclavian artery, LCCA, RCCA
D. RCCA, LCCA, L subclavian artery
E. Brachiocephalic artery, LCCA, L subclavian artery -
..ANSWER...✓✓ E. Brachiocephalic artery, LCCA, L
subclavian artery
The four pulmonary veins ultimately return blood into
which anatomic structure?
A. LA
B. RA
C. LV
D. RV
E. IVC and SVC - ..ANSWER...✓✓ A. LA
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The term "pressure gradient" is defined as?
A. The pressure difference between two structures
B. The pressure equalization of two anatomic structures
C. The transfer of oxygen between two structures
D. The transfer of mass/volume between two structures -
..ANSWER...✓✓ A. The pressure difference between two
structures
Right heart failure is the absolute inability of the
myocardium and chambers to adequately pump blood into
the lung lobes which results in lower extremity edema,
shortness of breath, ascites, and lowered Sa02 levels?
A. True
B. False - ..ANSWER...✓✓ A. Ture
Which best describes the term "fistula"?
A. communication between the right and left ventricle
B. an abnormal anastomosis
C. normal connection between two body parts
D. communication between the right and left atria -
..ANSWER...✓✓ B. An abnormal anastomosis
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D-Looping of the heart can be described as?
A. Rightward twisting of the cardiac loop
B. Leftward twisting of the cardiac loop
C. spiral looping of the cardiac tube
D. transverse looping of the cardiac tube -
..ANSWER...✓✓ A. rightward twisting of the cardiac loop
The truncus in a normal situation will form?
A. The atria and ventricles
B. The four pulmonic valves
C. The outflow tracts
D. The inflow tracts
E. The aorta and pulmonary arteries - ..ANSWER...✓✓ E.
The aorta and pulmonary arteries
The portion of the heart termed the conus typically will
form?
A. The inflow tracts and the semilunar valves
B. Only the inflow tracts
C. Only the semilunar valves
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D. The outflow tracts of the aortic and pulmonic valves -
..ANSWER...✓✓ D. The outflow tracts of the aortic and
pulmonic valves
The portion of the heart termed the bulbus will form?
A. Inflow tracts of the semilunar valves and cordis
B. Inflow tracts of the AV valves
C. Inflow tracts, outflow tracts, and all four valves
D. The ventricles
E. The atria, atrial appendage and cordis - ..ANSWER...✓✓
D. The ventricles
The endocardial cushions in time will become the?
A. AV valves
B. semilunar valves
C. Atria
D. Ventricles - ..ANSWER...✓✓ A. AV valves
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return is most
commonly associated with what type of atrial septal
defect?
A. Secundum
2025 WGU D313 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II
CARDIOVASCULAR PRACTICE TEST WITH 350
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/
D313 CARDIOVASCULAR TEST QS & AS PLUS A
STUDY GUIDE
From the suprasternal notch view, which are the first
three branches of the aorta ascending to descending?
A. Brachiocephalic artery, L subclavian artery, LCCA
B. R subclavian artery, L subclavian artery, LCCA
C. L subclavian artery, LCCA, RCCA
D. RCCA, LCCA, L subclavian artery
E. Brachiocephalic artery, LCCA, L subclavian artery -
..ANSWER...✓✓ E. Brachiocephalic artery, LCCA, L
subclavian artery
The four pulmonary veins ultimately return blood into
which anatomic structure?
A. LA
B. RA
C. LV
D. RV
E. IVC and SVC - ..ANSWER...✓✓ A. LA
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The term "pressure gradient" is defined as?
A. The pressure difference between two structures
B. The pressure equalization of two anatomic structures
C. The transfer of oxygen between two structures
D. The transfer of mass/volume between two structures -
..ANSWER...✓✓ A. The pressure difference between two
structures
Right heart failure is the absolute inability of the
myocardium and chambers to adequately pump blood into
the lung lobes which results in lower extremity edema,
shortness of breath, ascites, and lowered Sa02 levels?
A. True
B. False - ..ANSWER...✓✓ A. Ture
Which best describes the term "fistula"?
A. communication between the right and left ventricle
B. an abnormal anastomosis
C. normal connection between two body parts
D. communication between the right and left atria -
..ANSWER...✓✓ B. An abnormal anastomosis
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D-Looping of the heart can be described as?
A. Rightward twisting of the cardiac loop
B. Leftward twisting of the cardiac loop
C. spiral looping of the cardiac tube
D. transverse looping of the cardiac tube -
..ANSWER...✓✓ A. rightward twisting of the cardiac loop
The truncus in a normal situation will form?
A. The atria and ventricles
B. The four pulmonic valves
C. The outflow tracts
D. The inflow tracts
E. The aorta and pulmonary arteries - ..ANSWER...✓✓ E.
The aorta and pulmonary arteries
The portion of the heart termed the conus typically will
form?
A. The inflow tracts and the semilunar valves
B. Only the inflow tracts
C. Only the semilunar valves
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D. The outflow tracts of the aortic and pulmonic valves -
..ANSWER...✓✓ D. The outflow tracts of the aortic and
pulmonic valves
The portion of the heart termed the bulbus will form?
A. Inflow tracts of the semilunar valves and cordis
B. Inflow tracts of the AV valves
C. Inflow tracts, outflow tracts, and all four valves
D. The ventricles
E. The atria, atrial appendage and cordis - ..ANSWER...✓✓
D. The ventricles
The endocardial cushions in time will become the?
A. AV valves
B. semilunar valves
C. Atria
D. Ventricles - ..ANSWER...✓✓ A. AV valves
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return is most
commonly associated with what type of atrial septal
defect?
A. Secundum
