Week 4

Week IV Sample test questions:

1. A possible complication of streptococcal infection is mitral valve stenosis (narrowing). the mitral valve

is situated between the:

A. right atrium and right ventricle

B. right ventricle and pulmonary trunk

C. left atrium and left ventricle

D. left ventricle and ascending aorta

2. Where is the best location for obtaining a sample of fluid from the pericardial cavity?

A. right first intercostal space

B. left second intercostal space

C. right fourth intercostal space

D. left fourth intercostal space

3. The space separating the reflection of the pericardium around the original arterial and venous ends of the heart tube is the:

A. bare area of the pericardium

B. transverse sinue

C. oblique sinus

D. pericardial cavity

Identifications of structures on the thorax MRI image

A. carina

B. interventricular septum

C. fissure of the lung

D. right costal-phrenic recess

Case IV:

Name the blood vessels at the tips of the arrows

the left anterior descending artery

the circumflex branch of the left coronary sinus