COLEGIO DE STA. LOURDES OF LEYTE FOUNDATION, INC.

TABONTABON, LEYTE
Brgy. 1 Quezon, Tabontabon, Leyte

Assessment No. 12: Heart

CHAPTER OUTLINE AND OBJECTIVES

Directions: Write your answer in a bond paper. Answer directly. Make it visible and readable for the readers.
Use the format provided.

1. List the major functions of heart.

2. Describe the size, shape, and location of the heart, and explain why knowledge of its location
is important.
3. Describe the structure of the pericardium.
4. Give the location and function of the coronary arteries.
5. Describe the chambers of the heart.
6. Name the valves of the heart and state their locations and functions.
7. Describe the flow of blood through the heart and name each of the chambers and structures
through which the blood passes.
8. List the components of the heart wall and describe the structure and function of each.
9. Describe the structural and functional characteristics of cardiac muscle cells.
10. Describe the characteristics of action potentials in cardiac muscle.
11. Explain the structure and function of the conduction system of the heart.
12. Define each wave of the electrocardiogram and relate each of them to contractions of the
heart.
13. Describe the cardiac cycle and the relationship between contraction of each of the chambers,
the pressure in each of the chamber, the phase of the electrocardiogram, and the heart
sounds.
14. Describe the heart sounds and their significance.
15. Describe intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of the heart.
16. Give the conditions for which the major heart medications and treatments are administered.
17. List the major age-related changes that affect the heart.
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Subject: Instructor: Dr. Rustico B. Balderian

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