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Medical assisting re Test

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The location of the heart in the right thorax is known as
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Which interval represents the time it takes the ventricles to contract and recover?
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Which of the following waves represents ventricular repolarization?
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Which of the following represents the time it takes an electrical impulse to travel from the SA node to the AV node?
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The P wave represents
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What is an Einthoven triangle?
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Which of the following electrocardiograph leads records electrical activity from the midpoint between the left arm and left leg to the right arm?
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Which of the following terms describes the contraction of the heart muscle?
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Which medical term describes the rhythm of a dying heart?
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To clean an electrode, you should use
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Unipolar leads are also called
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Which of the following standard electrocardiograph leads is used to record a rhythm strip?
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Which of the following leads are related to the right side of the heart?
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hich of the following pieces of medical equipment is used to reestablish the regular rhythm of the heart?
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Which of the following structures separates the right atrium and the right ventricle?
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Bipolar leads get their name from
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Which of the following describes a medical condition in which every other beat of the heart is ectopic or premature?
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Rapid atrial contractions between 350 and 500 times per minutes is called
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The ability of cardiac cells to receive and conduct an electrical stimulus is called
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Electrocardiography is used to monitor the activity of the
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Q-T
B.
Augmented leads
C.
Alcohol, warm water and steel wool
D.
Atrial contraction
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II
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Defibrillator
G.
Heart
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Conductivity
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III
J.
Bigeminy
K.
Agonal rhythm
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An area defined by the right arm, left arm, and the left leg
M.
Tricuspid valve
N.
Systole
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The P-R interval
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V1, aVR
Q.
Dextrocardia
R.
Atrial Flutter
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T wave
T.
Monitoring two electrodes
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Which of the following heart rhythms represents heart activity that is within acceptable limits?
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Which of the following is prevented by properly placing the leads before recording an electrocardiogram?
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Which of the following means surgical repair of the heart?
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Which of the following terms refers to assessing the heart’s conduction system during exercise?
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Restoring the cardiac muscle cells to their original charge is called
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The outermost layer of the heart is called the
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Which of the following is the first wave on an electrocardiogram?
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Which of the following parts of the heart is responsible for its contraction?
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When the ventricles return to their polarized state, which of the following waves is recorded in the ECG?
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Precordial leads are also known as

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