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6. The epicardium is made mostly of __________

  • Fat
  • Cardiac muscle
  • Endothelial cells

7. The heart is enclosed in a double walled sac called the

  • Sacuole
  • Pericardium
  • Apex
  • Myocardus

8. There are three large _________ the great cardiac vein, the middle vein and the small vein

  • Coronary veins
  • Coronary arteries

9. Stenosis is

  • Narrowing of the valve
  • Swelling of the valve

10. Cardiac tamponade is associated with

  • Angina pectoris
  • Pericarditis
  • Myocardial infarction

11. Between the parietal layer and the visceral layer of the serous pericardium is the ___________

  • Pericardial cavity
  • Thoracic cavity
  • Abdominal cavity
  • Vertebral cavity

12. Myocardial infarction is caused by

  • Deficient blood flow
  • Death of myocardial cells
  • Inflammation of the pericardium

13. There are 2 chambers of the heart

  • False
  • True

14. The blood leaves the lungs and enters the left atrium via ________

  • Four pulmonary veins
  • Three pulmonary veins
  • Three aorta

15. The heart is approximatley __________ grams

  • 250 - 350
  • 350- 400
  • 100 - 200

16. The two semilunar valves are _______ and ________

  • Aortic and pulmonary
  • Mitral and tricupsid

17. Auricles are found in the _____

  • Atria
  • Ventricles

18. Blood moves from the left atrium to the ________

  • Left ventricle
  • Right ventricle
  • Lungs

19. If valves are incompetent, then this can lead to weakening of the heart muscle, incompetent valves can be replaced with a tissue transplant or

  • Chordinae tendineae
  • Mechanical valves
  • Calcification

20. The blood leaves the right ventricle via the ________

  • Aorta
  • Pulmonary trunk and pulmonary arteries
  • Pulmonary veins