Ventricular ejection physiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: How do aortic and ventricular pressure change during reduced ventricular ejection?_____

Answer: Decrease

Flashcard 2: _____ is the fourth phase of a cardiac cycle and represents the period just after mitral valve opening

Answer: Rapid ventricular filling

Flashcard 3: _____ is the third phase of a cardiac cycle and represents the period between aortic valve closing and mitral valve opening

Answer: Isovolumetric relaxation

Flashcard 4: The abnormal heart sound _____ may be audible during rapid ventricular filling (early diastole)

Answer: S3

Flashcard 5: Which phase of the cardiac cycle (systole or diastole) is preferentially shortened with increased heart rate? _____

Answer: Diastole

Flashcard 6: Cardiac contractility correlates directly with intracellular _____ concentration

Answer: Ca2+

Flashcard 7: Where in the heart is conduction velocity the slowest? _____

Answer: AV node

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Flashcard 8: During rapid ventricular ejection, the ventricular pressure becomes greater than aortic pressure and the _____ valve opens

Answer: aortic

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Flashcard 9: Inspiration delays closure of the _____ valve which causes splitting of the S2 heart sound

Answer: pulmonic

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Flashcard 10: What phase of the cardiac cycle begins during the QRS complex on ECG? _____

Answer: Isovolumetric ventricular contraction

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