Heart Failure
Pre-Test for Heart Failure
Jennifer Kong
Select all that apply.
- Increased volume in the left ventricle (end systolic volume)
- Less blood delivered to the rest of the body
- Changes in height in an adult
- Pulmonary edema
2. Fill in the blanks.
_____ blood (visible as blue/purple colour) enters the _____ atrium from the superior and inferior _____. This blood passes through the _____ valve into the _____. Upon ventricular systole, this blood is ejected through the _____ valve into the pulmonary arteries which goes to the _____. The blood is now oxygenated and can be seen as it makes the blood the colour _____. Oxygenated blood returns to the heart via the _____, entering the _____ atrium and into the left ventricle via the _____ (or bicuspid) valve. During ventricular systole, the left ventricle contracts and pushes the blood through the _____ valve into the aorta which delivers the oxygenated blood to the heart via the _____ and the rest of the body.
Answer Key
- Increased volume in the left ventricle (end systolic volume), less blood delivered to the rest of the body, pulmonary edema
- Deoxygenated, right, vena cavae, tricuspid, right ventricle, pulmonary, lungs, red, pulmonary veins, left, mitral, aortic, coronary arteries
