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Question 21

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The sinoatrial (SA) node initiates the cardiac cycle and is sometimes called the heart's _____________.

A) electrode
B) pacemaker
C) generator
D) alligator clamp

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -Located on the right side of the heart between the ventricle and the atrium

A) Right ventricle
B) Right atrium
C) Bicuspid (mitral) valve
D) Left ventricle
E) Left atrium
F) Tricuspid valve

G) B) and E)
H) D) and F)

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The heart is contained within a closed cavity called the ________.

The mitral valve is located between the _______________.

A pacemaker is a device that produces electrical impulses that stimulate the heart. This process is called _____________.

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -A diseased mitral valve is replaced to prevent blood from regurgitating here

During coronary artery bypass surgery, the surgeon occludes the ascending aorta and inserts the indwelling catheter for ______________.

The Rumel tourniquet, commonly used in cardiovascular surgery, is a short length of rubber tubing either commercially prepared or cut from a(n) _____________.

Removal of the native heart and replacement with a donor heart is indicated for patients with ______ cardiac disease.

Bradycardia is a heart rate _______ beats per minute.

Match the following dysrhythmias with the best description of the anomaly. You may use the same answer more than once. -Heart rate over 120 beats per minute

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -Disease may be caused by rheumatic heart disease

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -Receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium

_______________ is reduced blood supply to tissue, which may be a result of obstruction within the blood vessels or external pressure, which acts as a tourniquet.

Cardiac catheterization is a(n) ___________ procedure and involves insertion of a cardiac catheter into the heart chambers and large vessels via a peripheral artery or vein.

Match the following dysrhythmias with the best description of the anomaly. You may use the same answer more than once. -Chaotic, disorganized stimulation of the ventricle(s) that does not pump the blood

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -Pumps oxygenated blood to the body

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -Connected to the pulmonary artery by the pulmonary valve