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What is the purpose of atrioventricular valves in the heart?
What is the purpose of atrioventricular valves in the heart?
- To regulate blood flow into the aorta
- To regulate blood flow into the pulmonary veins
- To prevent backflow between the atria and ventricles (correct)
- To prevent backflow between the ventricles and great arteries
What is the function of semilunar valves in the heart?
What is the function of semilunar valves in the heart?
- To regulate blood flow into the pulmonary veins
- To regulate blood flow into the aorta
- To prevent backflow between the ventricles and great arteries (correct)
- To prevent backflow between the atria and ventricles
When the left ventricle contracts, where does the blood move?
When the left ventricle contracts, where does the blood move?
- Into the right ventricle
- Into the right atrium
- Into the aorta (correct)
- Into the left atrium
When the right ventricle contracts, where does the blood move?
When the right ventricle contracts, where does the blood move?
What are the major types of valves in the heart?
What are the major types of valves in the heart?
What is the purpose of the interventricular septum?
What is the purpose of the interventricular septum?
Which chamber of the heart contracts to help fill the left ventricle?
Which chamber of the heart contracts to help fill the left ventricle?
What causes the first heart sound (Lub)?
What causes the first heart sound (Lub)?
When does the left AV valve open?
When does the left AV valve open?
What causes the second heart sound (Dub)?
What causes the second heart sound (Dub)?
What type of flow is normal in the heart?
What type of flow is normal in the heart?
What is the term for a valve that doesn't open widely enough?
What is the term for a valve that doesn't open widely enough?
What is the term for a valve that doesn't close fully?
What is the term for a valve that doesn't close fully?
Which valves in the heart are larger and more 'floppy' in nature?
Which valves in the heart are larger and more 'floppy' in nature?
What structures anchor the atrioventricular valves and prevent them from 'flopping back' into the atria during ventricular contraction?
What structures anchor the atrioventricular valves and prevent them from 'flopping back' into the atria during ventricular contraction?
Which valves in the heart are smaller and 'tighter' in nature?
Which valves in the heart are smaller and 'tighter' in nature?
What is the general shape of the semilunar and atrioventricular (AV) valves?
What is the general shape of the semilunar and atrioventricular (AV) valves?
Which surface of the heart is easier to auscultate and palpate?
Which surface of the heart is easier to auscultate and palpate?
Which part of the left ventricle is the easiest place to palpate the cardiac impulse in most people?
Which part of the left ventricle is the easiest place to palpate the cardiac impulse in most people?
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?
During which phase of the cardiac cycle can heart murmurs be heard?
During which phase of the cardiac cycle can heart murmurs be heard?
If a murmur is due to a damaged valve, it could be because the valve ____.
If a murmur is due to a damaged valve, it could be because the valve ____.
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard loudest at the 2nd intercostal space, right sternal border during ventricular systole?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard loudest at the 2nd intercostal space, right sternal border during ventricular systole?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard loudest at the 2nd intercostal space, left sternal border during ventricular diastole?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard loudest at the 2nd intercostal space, left sternal border during ventricular diastole?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard loudest at the 5th intercostal space, left sternal border during ventricular diastole?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard loudest at the 5th intercostal space, left sternal border during ventricular diastole?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard loudest at the 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line during ventricular systole?
Which valve is involved if a murmur is heard loudest at the 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line during ventricular systole?
What does it mean if a valve is stenotic?
What does it mean if a valve is stenotic?
What does it mean if a valve is regurgitating?
What does it mean if a valve is regurgitating?
What should the location and phase of the cardiac cycle allow you to deduce?
What should the location and phase of the cardiac cycle allow you to deduce?
Which chamber of the heart is separated by the interventricular septum?
Which chamber of the heart is separated by the interventricular septum?
