This structure delays the electrical impulse from the SA node.
What is the AV node?
100
We used the heart from this animal today.
What is a pig?
100
This team cheated Boston out of its rightful Stanley Cup victory this year.
Who are the Chicago Blackhawks?
100
This college was punished by the NCAA for a child abuse scandal.
What is Penn State?
200
This is the largest vessel in the body.
What is the aorta?
200
This part of the ECG corresponds to ventricular contraction.
What is the QRS complex?
200
This dissection instrument was used to trace the path of blood through valves.
What is a probe?
200
This neighborhood in Boston is known for its Italian food.
What is the North End?
200
The man who competed in both the Olympics and the Paralympics is from this country.
What is South Africa?
300
These are the smallest vessels in the body.
What are the capillaries?
300
This arrhythmia causes the ventricles contract outside of SA nodal stimulation.
What is V-tach/V-fib?
300
This black, jello-like substance was found in some of the hearts.
What is clotted blood?
300
This musical group performs every 4th of July on the Charles River.
Who are the Boston Pops?
300
This was the top grossing film of 2012.
Hint: Hunger Games, The Dark Knight Rises or Marvel's The Avengers
What is The Avengers? ($623 million)
400
You can swim through this animal's Aorta.
What is the Blue Whale?
400
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Cells from this region of the heart spontaneously contract at a very high rate when grown in a lab.
What are the SA nodal cells?
400
This is a disease in which plaques form on the inside of arteries.
What is atherosclerosis?
400
The creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, famously dropped out of Harvard University at this classmen level.
i.e. - Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
What is Zuckerberg's Sophomore year?
400
This 2012 Summer Olympics took place in this city.
What is London, England?
500
This is the largest vein draining the heart (empties directly into the Right Atrium).
What is the Coronary Sinus?
500
In this cardiac emergency, a AED would NOT be useful.
What is a heart with no electrical activity?
500
These string-like structures help prevent valves from flipping inside-out during ventricular contraction.
What are the Chordae Tendinae?
500
This famous Boston landmark used to contain five miles of neon tubing light.
What is the CITGO sign?
500
When Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, she was celebrating this milestone.
What is Queen Elizabeth II's 60th year as a monarch?