Pregunta 1
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What causes the self-excitation (spontaneous generation of action potentials) of the cells of the sinoatrial (SA) node?
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a) the condition of sinus block;
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b) slow Na+ influx through non-inactivating sodium channels;
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c) systemic neuronal inputs to the cells of the SA node.
Pregunta 2
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What type of ion transport is responsible for the fast depolarization phase of the action potential in myocardial muscle cells?
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a) Mg2+ influx;
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b) Cl- efflux;
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c) Na+ influx.
Pregunta 3
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The plateau phase of the myocardial action potential is caused by the following ion transport:
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a) passive Ca2+ transport;
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b) passive Cl- and active Ca2+ transports;
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c) active Na+ and passive Ca2+ transports.
Pregunta 4
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In the electrical network of the heart, do structures other than the sinoatrial (SA) node have a pacemaker properties?
Pregunta 5
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423. Under what circumstances the atrioventricular (AV) node takes over the role of leading pacemaker of the heart?
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a) when there is a dysfunction of heart’s innervation;
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b) when there is ectopic foci;
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c) when there is a sinoatrial arrest.
Pregunta 6
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Is there a difference in the rate (frequency) of sinoatrial and atrioventricular potentials?
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a) yes, the sinoatrial node generates potentials with a faster rate;
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b) no difference;
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c) yes, the atrioventricular node generates potentials with a faster rate.
Pregunta 7
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Is there a difference between the form and the amplitude of the action potentials generated in different locations of the electrical conductive system of the heart?
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a) no difference;
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b) yes, every point of the electrical network of the heart generates a potential with specific form and amplitude;
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c) yes, the sinoatrial node has a specific potential which changes after passing through the atrioventricular node and remains constant until the target muscle cells.
Pregunta 8
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Which of the following bioelectrical process take place during the diastolic phase of the heart?
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a) recovery of the ionic concentrations of intra- and extracellular fluids myocardial cells;
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flow of ionic currents between the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum;
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generation of reverse action potentials, propagating from myocardial cells to the sinoatrial node.
Pregunta 9
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The autonomous excitation of the heart is contributed to:
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a) the regular variation of the threshold potential of ventricular myocytes;
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b) the effect of mechanical pulse waves on the cardiac myocytes;
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c) special type of ion channels found in the membranes of pacemaker cells.
Pregunta 10
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Which of the following ions are responsible for the final repolarization phase of the myocardial cells?
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a) K+ efflux;
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b) Cl- influx;
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c) Ca2+ influx.
Pregunta 11
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What is the function of the artificial cardiac pacemaker?
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a) to send electrical pulses to the heart;
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b) to control the resting potential of pacemaker cells;
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c) to take over the pumping function of the heart.
Pregunta 12
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At the end of the “plateau” phase of the action potential in cardiac myocytes, the membrane permeability changes for this type of ions:
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a) sodium ions;
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b) potassium ions;
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c) calcium ions.
Pregunta 13
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The fast depolarisation phase of the action potential of cardiac pacemaker cells is due to:
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a) sodium influx;
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b) calcium influx;
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c) potassium efflux.
Pregunta 14
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The plateau phase of the action potential of cardiac myocytes is due to:
Pregunta 15
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Which cardiac cells exhibit the spontaneous diastolic depolarization?
Pregunta 16
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The approximate value of the resting potential of cardiac muscle cells is:
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a) -90 mV
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b) -90V
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c) -40 mV
Pregunta 17
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The so called “plateau” phase is found in the action potential of this type of cells:
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a) pacemaker cells;
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b) cardiac muscle cells;
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c) sinoatrial node
Pregunta 18
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The action of the anti-arrhythmic pharmaceutical “verapamil” is related to:
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a) blockage of Na+ influx;
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b) blockage of Ca2+ influx;
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c) blockage of Mg2+ influx.
Pregunta 19
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. Which of the following phases is characteristic for the action potential of pacemaker cells of the sinoatrial node?
Pregunta 20
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Which of the following phases is not fond in the action potential of cardiac mysocytes?
Pregunta 21
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Which of the following phases is not found in the action potential of pacemaker cells of the sinoatrial node?
Pregunta 22
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What type of cells are cardiac myocytes?
Pregunta 23
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Self-excitation is a property of:
Pregunta 24
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What type of cells make up the electrical conduction system of the heart?
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a) pacemaker type;
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b) phasic type;
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c) tonic type.
Pregunta 25
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Myocardial cells are specialised type of striated muscle cells that contract:
Pregunta 26
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. Choose the correct order of excitation of components of the electrical conducting system of the heart.
......→......→......→......→......→......
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a) bundle of His;
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b) SA-node;
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c) Purkinje fibers;
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d) AV-node;
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e) atrial myocytes;
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f) ventricular myocytes.
Pregunta 27
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Which of the following tissues has pacemaker cells?
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a) myocytes of the ventricles;
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b) myocytes of the atria;
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c) the atrioventricular node.
Pregunta 28
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Choose the correct order of occurrence of the ion currents that comprise action potentials of the cardiomyocytes:
idk answer
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a) K+ efflux;
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b) Ca2+ influx, K+ efflux;
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c) K+ efflux, Cl- influx;
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d) Na+ influx.
Pregunta 29
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The slow depolarization phase of the action potential in first-order pacemaker cells is due to:
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a) Ca2+ influx;
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b) Na+ influx;
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c) K+ efflux.
Pregunta 30
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What is the original source of the bioelectrical pulses leading to the contraction of the heart?
Pregunta 31
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The electrical conduction system of the heart is composed of:
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a) muscle cells;
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b) neurons;
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c) lymphocytes