THE HEART I /I 



REVIEW TOPICS 



1. Describe the heart: its situation, pericardium, cavi- 



ties, and valves. 



2. Describe the action of the heart and the flow of blood 



through it. 



3. Describe what may be heard, seen, and felt by examin- 



ing the body over the heart. 



4. Describe the nervous mechanism of the heart. 



5. Give the effect of violent exercise upon the heart. 



6. Discuss palpitation of the heart. 



7. Describe a fatty heart. 



8. Describe how the valves of the heart may be diseased. 



9. Describe fainting and its treatment. 



10. Give the effects of alcohol upon the heart. 



11. Give the effects of tobacco upon the heart. 



