Anatomy of the Heart Quiz

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Anatomy of the Heart Quiz

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Created Jul 13, 2008 in Science
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	Lindsay:	Sep 14th, 2008 at 03:28 GMT	13 points
	The mitral valve is also called the bicuspid valve, and the pulmonary valve can be referred to as the pulmonic valve. Maybe make those alternate answers?

	charlie:	Nov 17th, 2008 at 22:04 GMT	3 points
	Also could add on Purkinje fibers (heartstrings) and maybe sino atrial node?

	pberry:	Jan 12th, 2009 at 22:36 GMT	5 points
	If you're adding heartstrings then make chordae tendineae an alternative answer.

	Vanna:	Jan 20th, 2009 at 17:29 GMT	5 points
	I think the septum would be a beneficial addtion as well.

	James:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 13:41 GMT	3 points
	Purkinje fibers and chordae tendinae are not the same thing. Purkinje fibers are not the heartstrings. They are strands of excitable cardiac cells that are part of the heart's electrical system.

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	A_is_for_Addict:	Feb 25th, 2009 at 17:48 GMT	9 points
	This quiz is missing two fundamentally important features - the aortic valve (can't be seen) and the pulmonary veins (clearly visible). It would be good to include the chordae tendineae. I've never heard them referred to as upper or lower vena cava, is that an American thing?

	James:	Mar 6th, 2009 at 18:09 GMT	6 points
	I work in the Cardiology field in the US and have never heard the IVC and SVC referred to as the upper and lower venae cavae.

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	24601:	Mar 15th, 2009 at 21:59 GMT	3 points
	I second the addition of the septum.

	resbowen:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 20:12 GMT	3 points
	i have only heard of the vena cavas referred to as the cranial and caudal vena cavas. Additionally, one could include semilunar valve as an answer for the pulmonic valve. Chordae tendonae would be a nice alternative answer. You could also add the brachiocephalic trunk, that first branching off the aorta.

	pbrown:	Apr 6th, 2009 at 01:24 GMT	-3 points
	could not remember how to spell aorta

	CptGutz:	Apr 28th, 2009 at 14:20 GMT	4 points
	I agree, chordae tendineae should be an alternative answer. And also, aortic arch should be accepted for aorta.

	Pat423:	May 24th, 2009 at 04:55 GMT	7 points
	Why isn't pulmonary vein an answer, if the vena cavae are?

	Pat423:	May 25th, 2009 at 01:11 GMT	9 points
	@pbrown: Which part of the word gave you trouble, a or ta? =P

	Danielle :	May 27th, 2009 at 16:37 GMT	4 points
	Its ridiculous the pulmonary valve and semilunar valves are the same thing but semilunars are not accepted. Also, it is only superior and inferior in humans, it is known as caudal and cranial in animal anatomy.

	redfire389:	Jun 12th, 2009 at 10:56 GMT	2 points
	I was all the time trying to type right auricle and left auricle. O_O Is it that crazy or can they be said like that too? I'm spanish and I called it auricula. Anyway, add the pulmonary veins too

	A_is_for_Addict:	Jun 14th, 2009 at 21:33 GMT	2 points
	I don't understand what people are suggesting that chordae tendineae is an alternative answer for. If you're suggesting papillary muscles then they aren't the same thing. The chordae tendineae are tendons connecting the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves. If you're suggesting "chordae tendineae" is an alternative to "heart strings" then that's correct, but the heart strings don't appear in this quiz so they would need to add them to add chordae tendineae as an alternative.

	A_is_for_Addict:	Jun 14th, 2009 at 21:45 GMT	1 point
	The auricles are flaps on the surface of the heart. They are attached to the atria (which I assume you were trying to guess with "auricle"). In English it's most definitely left and right atrium. I think the old way of saying atrium was auricle though, but that's not used anymore.

	kevmurph55:	Jul 18th, 2009 at 00:20 GMT	1 point
	i know nothing about the human body. i dont even like science. this was my first science quiz. i think i should stick with gaming and sports.

	jf1hoops:	Sep 2nd, 2009 at 20:29 GMT	1 point
	I had to rack my brain for my Health/Wellness class knowledge from freshman year of high school.

	KB09Gamecock:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 16:10 GMT	-1 points
	shouldn't it be Pulmonary Semilunar Valve?

	ruben:	Nov 6th, 2009 at 14:07 GMT	-3 points
	i really don't think this is appropriate.

	rideo:	Dec 1st, 2009 at 15:49 GMT	1 point
	oops I got one...

	Todd1952SF:	Dec 4th, 2009 at 00:03 GMT	1 point
	For those of us who were born eons ago, it was left auricle and right auricle. When that didn't work, I tried left atrium and right atrium and that did work. The two vena cavae, however, are always referred to as superior and inferior (and not because the upper one is better than the lower one). At least I've never heard of the vena cavae in humans as being anything other than superior and inferior. I missed "papillary muscles" -- I've never heard of those.

	Qrystal:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 15:22 GMT	1 point
	I got confused when vena cava wasn't there... until I saw the answers and realized my problem. I was really just trying a bunch of words that I was fairly sure were supposed to be here, and I got some half-right... I used superior in some other guess, and knew there was some left and right something that I was missing... :) Overall, I'm pretty proud of my 5/12. :P

	limbago:	Feb 3rd, 2010 at 00:37 GMT	2 points
	purkijne fibres run down the septum of the heart, conducting the excitatory impulse from the sinoatrial node to the base of the ventricles, causing them to contract from the bottom up. And Pat423, the pulmonary vein is not labelled on that diagram..

	PirateBaller24:	Feb 22nd, 2010 at 20:08 GMT	1 point
	does it count that I just used the vocab wkst. we did today at school?? i'm not kidding, we just learned about this today

	Llyr:	Mar 7th, 2010 at 23:09 GMT	0 points
	Got it eventually, but 'semilunar valve' should be acceptable for 'pulmonary valve'.

	Llyr:	Mar 7th, 2010 at 23:12 GMT	1 point
	@Todd1952SF; the auricles now are used to refer to the muscle pouches connected to the atria, so it would be wrong to accept it now.

	JerryToad:	Mar 23rd, 2010 at 03:01 GMT	-3 points
	hearts for farts

	Imsmarter:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 05:19 GMT	-2 points
	Exactly, this quiz is frauded, it's the ****ing pulmonary semi-lunar valve.

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	AvmanM:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 03:00 GMT	1 point
	Why isn't semilunar valve accepted? And the quiz could have been made harder by including the sinoatrial and atrio-ventricular nodes and other parts of the conducting mechanisms (Purkinje fibers, Bundle of His).

	chroniton:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 06:27 GMT	1 point
	Yes, I want to see "heart strings", "aortic semilunar valve" and "pulmonary semilunar valve"

	jswan:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 03:50 GMT	1 point
	@samedi_kat; superior and inferior refer to upper and lower, whereas anterior and posterior refer to front and back, which isn't applicable to the vena cavae

	Joslynn:	Nov 6th, 2010 at 03:56 GMT	2 points
	why wasn't the pulmonary vein on there?

	suiekou:	Dec 12th, 2010 at 00:17 GMT	1 point
	just took my anatomy test so beasted this one too haha

	kosamaster:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 13:34 GMT	2 points
	Please add chordae tendineae as an alternative to "papillary muscles". Frustrating not to complete the test

	Nordeck52:	Jan 28th, 2011 at 05:12 GMT	0 points
	Only got 2 out of 12. This is why I should never be a heart surgeon.