Animal Cardiac Auscultation Location Quiz

In which part of the thorax can the heart be found?

Between which ribs can the heart be located?

What is the normal heart rate range for dogs?

What is the best place to place a stethoscope to hear the heartbeat the loudest?

What is the normal heart rate range for cats?

Where is the apex beat, where the heart can be felt beating?

At which intercostal space is the heart best auscultated in cats and dogs?

Why does the normal heart rate range change in anaesthetized patients?

Where is the heart located in relation to the elbow?

What is the significance of the 5th intercostal space for auscultating the heart?

It is recommended to place a stethoscope in the 3rd intercostal space to hear the heartbeat the loudest.

You can palpate the heart beat at the apex beat where the heart is located behind the elbow.

In cats, the normal heart rate range is between 160 and 200 beats per minute.

Dogs have a lower normal heart rate range compared to cats, between 70 and 140 beats per minute.

The normal heart rate ranges for cats and dogs remain constant even when the patient is under anaesthesia.

What is the cranial direction in relation to the body?

Why do pictures of the heart often appear mirrored?

What is the base of the heart?

What is the caudal direction in relation to the body?

Which part of the heart is located at the apex?

The apex of the heart is located at the base.

The cranial direction is toward the tail of the animal.

Pictures of the heart are always displayed as they would appear in the living animal.

The caudal direction is toward the head of the animal.

The base of the heart is located at the left ventricle.

The ______ of the heart is the widest part of the heart.

The ______ of the heart is the tip of the heart.

The direction toward the head of the animal is known as ______.

The direction toward the tail of the animal is known as ______.

Pictures of the heart are often a mirror image, meaning the left side of the heart is on the ______ and the right side is on the ______.

What is the function of the muscular walls in the heart?

What are the upper chambers of the heart?

What is the purpose of valves in the heart?

What are the lower chambers of the heart?

What is the main function of the heart?

What is the purpose of the muscular walls in the heart?

What separates the atria from the ventricles?

What are the two upper chambers of the heart?

What is the function of the valves in the heart?

What are the two lower chambers of the heart?

The heart has three atria and two ventricles.

Valves are responsible for pumping blood in the heart.

The atria are the lower chambers of the heart.

The muscular walls of the heart are responsible for separating the atria from the ventricles.

The heart has two upper chambers and three lower chambers.

The heart chambers include two atria, the two upper chambers, and two lower chambers called the ______

Valves separate the atria from the ______

Muscular walls coordinate contractions of ______ muscle pump of blood

The two upper chambers of the heart are called ______

The muscular walls coordinate the contractions of cardiac muscle to pump ______

What is the function of the right atrium?

What is the purpose of the atria?

What is the difference between the left and right atria?

What happens when the atria contract?

What is the relation between the atria and ventricles?

The heart has three left atria and two right atria

The atria receive blood from the body and lungs when they are contracted

The right atrium receives blood from the lungs

The left atrium pumps blood into the ventricles when contracted

The heart's chambers include two ventricles at the top and two atria at the base

Match the atria with their functions:

Match the parts of the heart with their locations:

Match the atria with the chambers they pump blood into:

Match the atria with their sources of blood:

Match the terms with their definitions: