Ch 19 Heart

The region between the right and left pleural cavities is the

The accumulation of pericardial fluid due to inflammation or the accumulation of blood in the pericardial cavity can lead to

The heart chamber that receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins.

The heart chamber that receives blood from the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, and coronary sinus.

The internal C-shaped crest of the right atrium which indicates the openings for the Superior vena cava and Inferior vena cava is

Threadlike structures of the endocardium that prevent prolapse of the atrioventricular valves.

The valve responsible for preventing backflow of blood from the lungs into the heart.

Heart valve with two cusps.

Contraction of these structures tightens the chordae tendineae, preventing valve prolapse.

Cells of the conducting system located between the AV node and bundle branches.

Large cardiac cells of the conducting system embedded in the ventricular walls between the endocardium and myocardium.

Parasympathetic impulses to the SA node are transmitted on this cranial nerve.

Coronary artery that supplies the left atrium.

Death of heart musculature due to lack of oxygen.

Enlargement of the heart with progressive decline in pumping efficiency.

) The pericardial cavity lies between

How did the sinoatrial (SA) node most likely get its name?

A penetrating stab wound to the heart wall that causes blood to leak into the pericardial cavity would result in

The inner endothelial layer that lines the heart is the

Which of the following vessels does not carry oxygen-poor blood to the heart?

The superior corner of the right atrium of the heart is located at the

The auricles are

What structures anchor the chordae tendineae?

Which structure develops from the embryological chamber called the bulbus cordis?

Which of the following structures is not found in the left ventricle?

The right ventricle pumps blood into which vessel?

A drop of blood returning to the heart from the head region would enter the heart through which vessel?

The cusps of the valves of the heart are covered by

Semilunar valves are located

A condition in which the ventricles are unable to pump blood efficiently because of rapid, random contraction of cardiac muscle fibers is called

At which corner point of the heart does one listen for the sound of the closing aortic semilunar valve?

What is the effect of the parasympathetic fibers carried by the vagus nerve?

) The crista terminalis can be used to locate all of the following structures except the

Which vessel returns most of the venous blood from the heart to the right atrium?

During ventricular systole, blood is

Blood within the pulmonary veins returns to the

The term for pain caused by deficient blood delivery to the heart wall is

Stenosis of the mitral valve may cause blood to back up into the

Blood is carried to capillaries in the myocardium by way of the

Which of the following veins does not deliver blood directly to the right atrium?

The desmosome-like structures that attach adjacent cardiac muscle cells are called

Oxygen-poor blood returns to the heart and enters the

Which structure develops from the embryological chamber called the sinus venosus?

The small cardiac vein is present on the

The epicardium is the same as the

A specific coronary vessel that lies in the anterior interventricular sulcus is the

The artery that nourishes the walls of the left atrium is the

The heart chamber with the thickest wall is the

A specific coronary vessel that lies in the coronary sulcus is the

The heart chamber that pumps oxygenated blood around the systemic circuit is the

If the beating heart makes a "lub-dup" sound, the "dup" sound is caused by

The base of the aorta derives from which of these "original" heart chambers in the embryo?

Destruction of which structure will result in electrical signals traveling to only one ventricle?

Clinically, the posterior interventricular artery is referred to as the

Of the three layers of the heart wall, the layer that contains the cardiac muscle is the

Cells of the subendocardial conducting network

) There is a foramen ovale in the skull and another one in the heart. The foramen ovale in the heart gives rise to the

Insertion of a stent to treat coronary artery disease (CAD)

) Pericarditis can lead to all of the following except

The "heartstrings" are

The semilunar valves are closed when

The atrioventricular node is located in the

Of the following heart chambers, which is most affected by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

The left ventricular wall of the heart is thicker than the right ventricular wall so that it can

During left ventricular systole, blood exits the heart to enter the

To listen for the aortic semilunar valve on the chest wall, one would place the stethoscope in the

Which of the following statements about fetal heart development is false?

The tricuspid valve is closed

Which of the following is not an age-related change in the heart?

In the pericardial sac, the ________ lies directly deep to the fibrous pericardium.

This blood vessel is located in the anterior interventricular sulcus.

The cardiac centers that control heart rate are located in the