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CARDIOVASCULAR NCLEX QUIZ QUESTIONS

Question 1: Which of these vessels carries deoxygenated blood from the heart?

A. The pulmonary artery

B. The pulmonary vein

C. The aorta

Question 2: What is it called when plaque builds up in the arteries? What is it called when plaque builds up in the arteries?

A. Atherosclerosis

B. An embolism

C. Myocardial Infarction

Question 3: True or False: The tricuspid valve is located on the right side of the heart?

Question 4: What part of the heart delivers oxygen rich blood to the systemic circulation?

A. Tricuspid Valve

B. Aorta

C. Inferior Vena Cava

D. Pulmonary Vein

Question 5: True or False: Blood flows in the following sequence: Superior and Inferior Vena Cava, right atrium, bicuspid valve, right ventricle, pulmonic valve, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary vein, left atrium, tricuspid valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, aorta, systemic circulation.

Question 6: What part of the heart delivers oxygenated blood to the heart?

A. Bicuspid Valve

B. Aorta

C. Pulmonary Vein

D. Pulmonary Artery

Question 7: True or False: There are four chambers in the heart.

Question 8: True or False: The ventricles are located below the atriums.

Question 9: The blood enters on the right side of the heart through the __________ and enters the right atrium. It then passes through the __________ to enter the right ventricle.

A. Pulmonary artery, bicuspid valve

B. Pulmonary vein, tricuspid valve

C. Superior/Inferior vena cava, tricuspid valve

D. Superior/Inferior vena cava, bicuspid valve

Question 10: The blood enters the left side of the heart through the ______________ and enters the left atrium. It then passes through the __________ to enter the left ventricle.

A. Pulmonary artery, bicuspid valve

B. Pulmonary vein, mitral valve

C. Superior/Inferior vena cava, tricuspid valve

D. Superior/Inferior vena cava, bicuspid valve

CARDIOVASCULAR NCLEX QUIZ ANSWERS

Question 1: Which of these vessels carries deoxygenated blood from the heart?

A. The pulmonary artery

B. The pulmonary vein

C. The aorta

Correct answer is the pulmonary artery. The pulmonary artery is the only artery that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart.

Question 2: What is it called when plaque builds up in the arteries? What is it called when plaque builds up in the arteries?

A. Atherosclerosis

B. An embolism

C. Myocardial Infarction

Answer: Atherosclerosis

Question 3: True or False: The tricuspid valve is located on the right side of the heart?

Answer: True

Question 4: What part of the heart delivers oxygen rich blood to the systemic circulation?

A. Tricuspid Valve

B. Aorta

C. Inferior Vena Cava

D. Pulmonary Vein

Answer: Aorta

Answer: False – The bicuspid and tricuspid valve are backwards in the cardiac blood flow cycle

Question 6: What part of the heart delivers oxygenated blood to the heart?

A. Bicuspid Valve

B. Aorta

C. Pulmonary Vein

D. Pulmonary Artery

Answer: Pulmonary vein

Question 7: True or False: There are four chambers in the heart.

Answer: True

Question 8: True or False: The ventricles are located below the atriums.

Answer: True

Question 9: The blood enters on the right side of the heart through the __________ and enters the right atrium. It then passes through the __________ to enter the right ventricle.

A. Pulmonary artery, bicuspid valve

B. Pulmonary vein, tricuspid valve

C. Superior/Inferior vena cava, tricuspid valve

D. Superior/Inferior vena cava, bicuspid valve

Answer: Superior/Inferior vena cava, tricuspid valve

Question 10: The blood enters the left side of the heart through the ______________ and enters the left atrium. It then passes through the __________ to enter the left ventricle.

A. Pulmonary artery, bicuspid valve

B. Pulmonary vein, mitral valve

C. Superior/Inferior vena cava, tricuspid valve

D. Superior/Inferior vena cava, bicuspid valve

Answer: Pulmonary vein, mitral valve