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Which type of valve is located between the atria and the ventricles?
Which type of valve is located between the atria and the ventricles?
When the left ventricle contracts, blood moves into the ______________, not the right atrium.
When the left ventricle contracts, blood moves into the ______________, not the right atrium.
Which type of valve is located between the ventricles and the great arteries?
Which type of valve is located between the ventricles and the great arteries?
What prevents the atrioventricular valves from 'flopping back' into the atria during ventricular contraction?
What prevents the atrioventricular valves from 'flopping back' into the atria during ventricular contraction?
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Which surface of the heart is easier to auscultate and palpate?
Which surface of the heart is easier to auscultate and palpate?
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Where is the point of maximal impulse (PMI) located?
Where is the point of maximal impulse (PMI) located?
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Which intercostal space corresponds to the pulmonic valve?
Which intercostal space corresponds to the pulmonic valve?
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Which great vessel is directly connected to the left ventricle?
Which great vessel is directly connected to the left ventricle?
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Which great vessel is directly connected to the right ventricle?
Which great vessel is directly connected to the right ventricle?
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Which great vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the right atrium?
Which great vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the right atrium?
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Which great vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the right atrium?
Which great vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the right atrium?
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Which great vessel carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium?
Which great vessel carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium?
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Which great vessel carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the systemic circulation?
Which great vessel carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the systemic circulation?
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Which great vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs?
Which great vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs?
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Which intercostal space is the best place to hear sounds from the right ventricle and right AV valve?
Which intercostal space is the best place to hear sounds from the right ventricle and right AV valve?
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Where is the best place to palpate the PMI (point of maximum impulse) in a person with a 'normal' left ventricle?
Where is the best place to palpate the PMI (point of maximum impulse) in a person with a 'normal' left ventricle?
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Which valve closing produces the first heart sound (Lub)?
Which valve closing produces the first heart sound (Lub)?
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Which valve closing produces the second heart sound (Dub)?
Which valve closing produces the second heart sound (Dub)?
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What is the term for abnormal heart sounds caused by valvular abnormalities?
What is the term for abnormal heart sounds caused by valvular abnormalities?
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What is the term for the condition where a valve doesn't open widely enough, causing turbulent flow and a murmur?
What is the term for the condition where a valve doesn't open widely enough, causing turbulent flow and a murmur?
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What is the term for the condition where a valve doesn't close tightly, causing backflow of blood and a murmur?
What is the term for the condition where a valve doesn't close tightly, causing backflow of blood and a murmur?
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Which type of valvular abnormality occurs when the valve doesn't open widely enough?
Which type of valvular abnormality occurs when the valve doesn't open widely enough?
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What happens if the aortic valve can't open widely enough?
What happens if the aortic valve can't open widely enough?
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When would you hear a murmur if a valve doesn't close fully?
When would you hear a murmur if a valve doesn't close fully?
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What causes a noisy turbulent flow and a murmur in the case of valve regurgitation?
What causes a noisy turbulent flow and a murmur in the case of valve regurgitation?
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What would happen if the mitral valve didn't close fully after the left ventricle relaxed?
What would happen if the mitral valve didn't close fully after the left ventricle relaxed?
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When can heart murmurs be heard?
When can heart murmurs be heard?
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What can cause a valve to not close fully or not open widely enough?
What can cause a valve to not close fully or not open widely enough?
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Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard loudest at the 2nd intercostal space, right sternal border?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard loudest at the 2nd intercostal space, right sternal border?
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If a murmur is heard during ventricular diastole at the 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line, which valve is involved?
If a murmur is heard during ventricular diastole at the 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line, which valve is involved?
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Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard at the 2nd intercostal space, left sternal border during ventricular systole?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard at the 2nd intercostal space, left sternal border during ventricular systole?
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What happens if the tricuspid valve can't close fully after the right ventricle relaxes?
What happens if the tricuspid valve can't close fully after the right ventricle relaxes?
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When would you hear a murmur if the mitral valve doesn't close fully after the left ventricle relaxes?
When would you hear a murmur if the mitral valve doesn't close fully after the left ventricle relaxes?
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Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard at the 5th intercostal space, left sternal border during ventricular diastole?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard at the 5th intercostal space, left sternal border during ventricular diastole?
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What would happen if the pulmonary valve couldn't open widely enough?
What would happen if the pulmonary valve couldn't open widely enough?
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When would you hear a murmur if the aortic valve couldn't open widely enough?
When would you hear a murmur if the aortic valve couldn't open widely enough?
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Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard at the 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line during ventricular systole?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard at the 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line during ventricular systole?
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What would happen if the tricuspid valve couldn't open widely enough?
What would happen if the tricuspid valve couldn't open widely enough?
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When would you hear a murmur if the pulmonary valve doesn't close fully?
When would you hear a murmur if the pulmonary valve doesn't close fully?
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Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard at the 2nd intercostal space, right sternal border during ventricular diastole?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard at the 2nd intercostal space, right sternal border during ventricular diastole?
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