L6 QS BANK, BMS204 PDF Cardiovascular System Past Paper

Part One: Simple MCQs 1. From which part of the aorta do the coronary arteries arise? a) Aortic arch b) Descending aorta c) Aortic Sinuses d) Thoracic aorta 2. Which artery arises from the right anterior aortic sinus? a) Left coronary artery b) Right coronary artery c) Anterior...

Part One: Simple MCQs 1. From which part of the aorta do the coronary arteries arise? a) Aortic arch b) Descending aorta c) Aortic Sinuses d) Thoracic aorta 2. Which artery arises from the right anterior aortic sinus? a) Left coronary artery b) Right coronary artery c) Anterior interventricular artery d) Left conus artery 3. Which artery runs along the lower margin of the sternocostal surface up to the apex of the heart? a) Right conus artery b) Anterior ventricular branches c) Marginal artery d) Atrial branches 4. What percentage of the population has the posterior interventricular artery arising from the right coronary artery? a) 10% b) 40% c) 60% d) 90% 5. Which artery winds around the left margin of the heart in the atrioventricular groove? a) Circumflex artery b) Left marginal branch c) Anterior interventricular artery d) Posterior interventricular artery 6. Which vein runs in the coronary sulcus? a) Great cardiac vein b) Middle cardiac vein c) Small cardiac vein d) Coronary sinus 7. Which veins open directly into the right atrium? a) Anterior cardiac veins b) Venae Cordis minimie c) Great cardiac vein d) Middle cardiac vein 8. Which of the following is NOT found in the right atrioventricular groove? a) Right coronary artery b) Small cardiac vein c) Coronary sinus d) None of the above 9. Where does the ascending aorta begin? a) Aortic orifice of the right ventricle  b) Aortic orifice of the left ventricle c) Aortic arch d) Lower border of the right 1st CC 10. Which artery arises from the left anterior aortic sinus? a) Left coronary artery b) Right coronary artery c) Anterior interventricular artery d) Marginal artery Part Two: Complex MCQs 1. A patient presents with blockage of the artery supplying the SAN. Which of the following arteries is most likely affected? a) Right conus artery b) Anterior ventricular branches c) Right coronary artery d) Circumflex artery 2. Damage to the posterior interventricular artery would most likely affect which part of the heart? a) Right atrium b) Left atrium c) Right ventricle and the posterior 1/3 of the ventricular septum d) Left ventricle 3. Which of the following is a branch of the anterior interventricular artery? a) Left conus artery b) Left marginal branch c) Atrial branches d) Posterior ventricular branches 4. Which of the following is a direct branch of the left coronary artery? a) Marginal artery b) Anterior interventricular artery c) Posterior interventricular artery d) Right conus artery 5. Which of the following veins is NOT a tributary of the coronary sinus? a) Great cardiac vein b) Middle cardiac vein c) Small cardiac vein d) Anterior cardiac veins 6. Which structure is found in the posterior interventricular groove?  a) Coronary sinus b) Great cardiac vein c) Anterior interventricular artery d) Middle cardiac vein 7. Which of the following is a direct tributary of the left brachiocephalic vein? a) Right 1st posterior intercostal vein b) Left internal thoracic vein c) Azygos vein d) Right lymphatic duct 8. Which of the following is NOT a branch of the descending thoracic aorta? a) Subcostal artery b) Bronchial artery c) Esophageal artery d) Pulmonary artery 9. Which of the following is a characteristic of the right pulmonary artery? a) Shorter than the left pulmonary artery b) Attached to the aortic arch by ligamentum arteriosum c) Divides at the hilum into 2 branches, with the smaller branch going to the superior lobe d) None of the above 10. Which of the following is a characteristic of the left pulmonary artery? a) Longer than the right pulmonary artery b) Divides at the hilum into 3 branches c) Not attached to the aortic arch by ligamentum arteriosum d) Attached to the aortic arch by ligamentum arteriosum 11. Which of the following is a characteristic of the right brachiocephalic vein? a) Longer than the left brachiocephalic vein b) Receives the thoracic duct as a tributary c) Receives the right lymphatic duct as a tributary d) None of the above 12. Which of the following is a characteristic of the left brachiocephalic vein? a) Shorter than the right brachiocephalic vein b) Receives the right lymphatic duct as a tributary c) Receives the thoracic duct as a tributary d) None of the above 13. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the SVC? a) Begins at the lower border of the right 1st CC b) Terminates in the right atrium opposite the right 3rd CC c) Receives the azygos vein as a tributary d) Begins at the lower border of the left 1st CC 14. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the pulmonary artery? a) Arises from the upper end of infundibulum of the right ventricle b) Terminates in the concavity of the aortic arch c) Arises from the upper end of infundibulum of the left ventricle d) None of the above 15. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the descending thoracic aorta? a) Originates from the continuation of the arch of aorta b) Terminates by passing through the aortic opening of the diaphragm c) Originates from the ascending aorta d) None of the above 16. Which of the following is NOT a relation of the descending thoracic aorta? a) Esophagus anteriorly b) Thoracic vertebrae posteriorly c) Thoracic duct to the right d) Left pleura and lung to the right 17. Which of the following is NOT a branch of the arch of aorta? a) Brachiocephalic artery b) Left common carotid artery c) Left subclavian artery d) Pulmonary artery 18. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the arch of aorta? a) Originates from the continuation of ascending aorta b) Terminates by continuing as descending aorta c) Originates from the descending aorta d) None of the above 19. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the ascending aorta? a) Originates from the aortic orifice of the left ventricle b) Terminates by continuing as arch of aorta c) Originates from the aortic orifice of the right ventricle d) None of the above 20. Which of the following is NOT a layer of the heart wall? a) Epicardium b) Myocardium c) Endocardium d) Pericardium Answer Guide Part One 1. C 2. c 3. c 4. d 5. a 6. d 7. a 8. c 9. b 10. a Part Two 1. c 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. d 7. b 8. d 9. c 10. d 11. c 12. c 13. d 14. c 15. c 16. d 17. d 18. c 19. c  20. d Done