Cardiovascular System Overview

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What is the primary cause of an abnormal S4 heart sound?

  • Weak left ventricle (correct)
  • Weak right ventricle
  • Increased aortic pressure
  • Decreased blood volume

What principle dictates that fluid must move from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure?

  • Boyle's Law
  • Starling's Law of the Heart
  • Bernoulli's Principle
  • Pascal's Principle (correct)

What factor affects Stroke Volume through its inotropic effects?

  • Carbon dioxide levels
  • Oxygen levels
  • Epinephrine (correct)
  • Blood viscosity

Which reflex involves baroreceptors in the carotid arteries and the aorta sensing changes in blood pressure?

<p>Carotid Sinus Reflex (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term refers to the amount of blood flowing from the atria to the ventricles during diastole?

<p>Preload (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Medullary Ischemic Reflex control when cerebral blood flow drops?

<p>Blood pressure (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which factor will result in a decrease in Stroke Volume due to an increase in aortic pressure?

<p>Decreased ventricular contractility (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the rate at which the heart beats per minute?

<p>Chronotropy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which feature of cardiac function does Starling's Law of the Heart primarily relate to?

<p>Contractile strength (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What mechanism stimulates sympathetic impulses to constrict blood vessels when blood distribution or pressure changes?

<p>Vasomotor Pressoreflexes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During which phase of the cardiac cycle do the atria relax and begin refilling?

<p>Passive Ventricular Filling (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which heart sound is caused by the closure of the semilunar valves?

<p>S2 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the purkinje fibers in the heart's conduction system?

<p>To rapidly conduct impulses through the ventricles (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which valve separates the right atrium and right ventricle?

<p>Tricuspid Valve (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens during Isovolumetric Ventricular Relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle?

<p>AV valves close (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which phase of the cardiac cycle involves both atria contracting to complete emptying?

<p>Atrial Systole (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What defines the beginning of Isovolumetric Ventricular Contraction in the cardiac cycle?

<p>Ventricular depolarization (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which heart valve separates the left atrium and left ventricle?

<p>Mitral Valve (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What action characterizes Ejection phase in the cardiac cycle?

<p>Rapid increase in aortic blood flow (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of the Purkinje fibers in the heart's conduction system?

<p>To connect the AV node to the ventricles (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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