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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OMCC
CARDIAC
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY | WHICH ARTERY TRAVELS IN THE CORONARY SULCUS BETWEEN THE LEFT ATRIUM AND THE LEFT VENTRICLE? |
| WHICH PART OF THE HEART IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ELECTRICAL IMPULSE STIMULATION? | SINOATRIAL (SA NODE) |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS THE MEASURE OF TIME FROM THE ONSET OF ATRIAL ACTIVATION TO THE ONSET OF VENTRICULAR ACTIVATION? | PR INTERVAL |
| AT IS THE APPROPRIATE TERM FOR "THICK FILAMENTS OF MYOSIN THAT CONSTITUTE A CENTRAL DARK BAND"? | A BAND |
| WHICH DRUGS HAVE A MAJOR EFFECT IN DECREASING THE STRENGTH OF CARDIAC CONTRACION? | CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS |
| WHICH ITEMS ARE RELATED IN TEH FRANK STARLING LAW OF THE HEART? | RESTING SARCOMERE LENGTH TO TENSION GENERATION |
| WHICH PHRASE IS THE DEFINITION OF CARDIAC PRELOAD? | PRESSURE GENERATED BY THE END DIASTOLIC VOLUME |
| WHICH DESCRIBES THE CARDIO INHIBITORY CENTER? | PARASYMPATHETIC EXCITATORY NEURONS |
| WHICH HORMONE IS RELEASED FROM HEART TISSUE IN RESPONSE TO INCREASES IN BLOOD VOLUME? | NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE |
| WHAT TO FACTORS DETEMINE CARDIAC OUTPUT? | HEART RATE AND STROKE VOLUME |
| WHICH STUCTURE IS THE SOURCE OF NUTRIENTS FOR THE BLOOD VESSELS? | VASA VASORUM |
| WHICH EQUATION IS USED TO DETERMINE MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE(MAP)? | MAP=DIASTLIC+1/3(SYSTOLIC-DIASTOLIC) |
| THE ONLY ACTION THT WOULD NOT CAUSE A RELEASE ON RIN IS THE ? | INCREASE IN BLOOD PRSSURE AT THE REAL ARTERY |
| WHAT IS THE EFECT OF ANGIOTENSIN II? | VASOCONSTRICTION |
| WHICH PEPTIDE HAS THE FUNCTION OF REGULATING SODIUM AND WATER BALANCE? | URODILANTIN PEPTIDE |
| WHICH STATEMENT REGARDING THE THORACIC DUCT IS TRUE? THE THORACIC DUCT... | RECEIVES LYMPH FROM MOST OF THE BODY |
| WHICH STATEMENT REGARDING ARTERIOSCLOROSIS IS TRUE? ARTERISCLEROSIS IS: | THICKENING AND HARDENING OF THE VESSEL WALL |
| A PATIENT EXPERIENCES AN ELEVATED SYSTOLIC PRESSURE ACCOMPANIED BY NORMAL DIASTOLIC PRESSURE(BELOW 90 mmHG) WHICH IS THE CORRECT TERM FOR THIS CONDITION? | ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION |
| A CONDITION IN WHICH THE BLOOD HAS POOLED, PRODUCING DISTENDED AND PALPABLE VESSELS, IS REFERRED TO AS A : | VARICOSE VEINS |
| WHICH COMPLICATION OCCURS SECONDARY TO HYPERTENSION? | CHF |
| WHICH TERM DESCRIBES THE OCCLUSION OF A BLOOD VESSEL FROM A BOLUS O CIRCULATING MATTER IN THE BLOODSTREAM? | EMBOLUS |
| A YOUNG WOMAN PRESENTS WITH PALLOR, NUMBNESS, AND A SENSATION OF COLD TEMPEATURE OF HER DIGITS. WHICH CONDITION IS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE FOR THESE SYMPTOMS? | RAYNAUD PHENOMENOM |
| WHICH CONDITIONS ARE ASSOC'D WITH DYSLIPIDEMIA? | VERY LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS(VLDL)TRIGLYCERIDES AND PROTEINS |
| WHICH STATEMENT REGARDING CIGARETTE SMOKE IS CORRECT? CIGARETTE SMOKING PRODUCES: | INCREASED THROMBOTIC STATE |
| A PATIENT PRESENTS WITH CHEST PAIN THAT OCCURS AT REST. ABNORMAL VASOSPASM OFHE CORONARY ARTERIES IS DETECTED. WHICH IS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF CHEST PAIN? | PRINZMETAL ANGINA |
| WHICH STATEMENT REGARDING CELLUAR INJURY OF THE MYOCARDIUM IS CORRECT? | MYOCARDIAL CELLS REMAIN VIABLE IF BLOOD FLOW RETURNS WITHIN 20 MINUTES |
| WHICH IS THE MOST COMMON COMPLICATION OF AMI? | ARRYTHMIA |
| A 23 YEAR OLD PATIENT PRESENTS WITH SEVERE CHEST PAIN THAT WORSENS WITH RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS AND WITH LYING DOWN. WHICH IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE INTERVENTION FOR TIS CONDITION? | ADMINISTER ANALGESICS |
| A PATIENT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PERICARDIAL EFFUSION RESULTING IN TE PRESENCE OF FRANK BLOOD. WHICH CNDITION IS ASSOC'D WITH BLOODY EFFUSION? | COAGULATION DEFECT |
| A PATIENT HAS IMPAIRED BLOOD FLOW FROM THE LEFT ATRIUM TO THE LEFT VENTRICLE. WHICH VALVULAR PROBLEMS DOES THIS DESCRIBE? | MITRAL STENOSIS |
| A PATIENT HAS A LOUD PANSYSTOLIC MURMUR THAT RADIATES TO THE BACK AND THE AXILLA? WHICH VALVULAR ABNORMALITY IS THS DESCRIBING? | MITRAL REGURGITATION |
| A PATIENT HAS REUMATIC FEVER. WHICH VALVE IS MOST COMMONLY AFFECTED? | MITRAL |
| A PATIENT IS DIAGNOSED WITH INFLAMMATION OF THE ENDOCARDIUM BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS. WHICH IS TH MOST LIKELY MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS? | INFECTIVE ENDOCARDTIS |
| A PATIENT EXPERIENCES SPINAL CORD DAMAGE FOLLOWING A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT. WHICH TYPE OF SHOCK WOULD MOST LIKELY RESULT? | VASOGENIC |
| WHICH ENZYMES ARE RELEASED BY DAMAGED MYOCARDIAL MUSCLE TISSUE? | CK-MB,LDH AND TROPONIN 1 |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE APPROPRIATE NAME FOR THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AORTA AND PULMONARY ARTERY? | DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS |
| WHICH STATEMENT IS CORRECT REGARDING FEATURES OF CARDIAC FUNCTION OF THE NEWBORN? | OXYGEN CONSUMPTION DOUBLES |
| WHICH STATEMENT REGARDING THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CONGENITAL HEAR DEFECTS IN CHILDREN IS TRUE? | CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IS THE LEDING CAUSE OF DEATH |
| WHICH IS A SIGN OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HERT FAILURE IN AN INFANT? | FAILURE TO THRIVE |
| WHCH STATEMENT REGARDING AN ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT IS ACCURATE? | AN OSTIUM PRIMUM DEFECT IS FOUND LOW INTHE SEPTUM |
| THE AUSCULTATION OF A CRESCENDO-DECRESCENDO SYSTOLIC EJECTION MURMUR HEARD DURING THE ROUTINE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF A CHILD ENTERING GRADE SCHOOL IS MOST LIKELY A RESULT OF: | ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT |
| WHICH STATEMENT CORRECTLY DEFINES EISENMENGER SYNDOME? | DEOXYGENATED BLOOD FLOWS INTO SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION |
| AN INFANT BORN WIH A CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT EXPERIENCES SUDDEN ONSET OF DYSPNEA, CYANOSIS, AND RESTLESSNESS. WHICH CONDITION WILL BE CONSIDERED AS THE CAUSE OF THESE SYMPTOMS? | TET SPELL ASSOC'D WITH TETROLOGYOF FALLOT |
| A CHILD HAS BEEN NOTED TO HAVE HYPERTENSION WITH DECREASED PULSES IN THE LOWER EXTREMITIES. WHICH CONDITION IS THE MOST LIKELY CONGENITAL CAUSE FOR THIS FINDING? | COARCTATION OF THE AORTA |