This is a very good resource for CCT exam facts! At http://www.examfacts.com they have an
excellent study guide filled with basic exam facts for the CCT exam. The
book is also available at Amazon.com
Example
Questions from the Exam Fact CCT Book:
Define: How are cardiac muscle cells
interconnected
Intercalated discs
Define: The endothelial layer of the heart is
connected to
non-cellular basement membrane and ct that anchors it
Define: Bacterial colonization issues with pumping can be caused
by this problem with the endocardium
endocarditis
Define: 4 things that distinguish cardiac muscles (from skeletal)
1 small size
2 single central nucleus
3.branching interconnections btw cells
4. intercalated discs
Define: two junctions and their functions regarding heart muscle
cells
gap junctions: links them
desmosomes: holds them together
