ATI NURSING CARDIAC QUIZ LATEST 2024 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS NEW EDITION
1. 1. The condition in which a patient's heart is either rotated or displaced to
... [Show More] the right or is situated as a mirror image of the expected position is called:
A. amyloidosis >> Amyloidosis is a rare disease that occurs when a substance called amyloid builds up in your organs.
B. cardiomyopathy. >> Cardiomyopathy is a weaken- ing of the heart muscle or another problem with the heart muscle. It often occurs when the heart cannot pump as well as it should, or with other heart function problems.
C. dextrocardia (I think of what I know about "ambidex- trous")
D. situs inversus >> Situs inversus is when the heart and stomach are placed to the right and the liver to the left.
E. coarctation >> Aortic coarctation is a narrowing of part of the aorta (the major artery leading out of the heart). It is a type of birth defect. Coarctation means narrowing.
C. dextrocardia (I think of what I know about "am- bidextrous")
2. 2. Heart position can vary depending on body habitus.
In a short, stocky individual, you would expect the heart to be located
A. more to the right and hanging more vertically.
B. more to the left and lying more horizontally. (This makes sense if you think about the liver being closer to the heart. If the liver is on the right like normal, the heart would have to move to the left.)
C. riding higher in the chest and pushed anteriorly.
B. more to the left and lying more horizontally. (This makes sense if you think about the liver being closer to the heart. If the liver is on the right like normal, the heart would have to move to the left.)
3. 3. Thin-walled reservoirs of the heart are the
A. atria.
B. pericardia.
C. sinuses.
D. ventricles.
E. septa.
A. atria
4. 4. Which cardiac structure is responsible for the heart's pumping action?
A. Pericardium
B. Epicardium
C. Myocardium
D. Endocardium
E. Atria
C. Myocardium
5. 5. Which two heart structures are most anterior in the chest?
A. Both atria
B. Both ventricles
C. The right atrium and ventricle
D. The left atrium and ventricle
E. Superior and inferior venae cavae
C. The right atrium and ventricle [Show Less]