(A) Ventricular Depolarization
(B) Atrial Repolarization
(C) Atrial Depolarization
(D) Atrial Repolarization
- Answer: (D) Atrial Depolarization
- Explanation: This question is a little tricky. The right atrioventricular opening is protected by the tricuspid valve. The opening and closing of this valve is NOT directly caused by atrial depolarization. However, atrial depolarization (contraction) does lead to an increase in pressure that contributes to the opening of the tricuspid valve.
- Answer: (C) Myocardium
- Explanation: The muscular wall of the heart is called the myocardium. It’s made of specialized cardiac muscle tissue responsible for the heart’s contractions.
- Answer: (A) Superior Vena Cava
- Explanation
- Superior vena cava: Drains deoxygenated blood from the head, neck, and upper limbs
- Inferior vena cava: Drains deoxygenated blood from the lower body