Sunday, April 21, 2013


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

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