FISDAP AIRWAY 2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100%
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Upper Airway - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Consists of all structures above the level of
the vocal cords. The nose, mouth, jaw, oral cavity and pharynx.
Lower Airway - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Function is to exchange oxygen and carbon
dioxide. Starts at the larynx. Spans from the glottis to the pulmonary
capillary membrane.
Turbinates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Increase the surface area of the nasal mucosa,
thereby improving the processes of warming, filtering and humidification of
inhaled air.
,Hyoid Bone - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Small, horseshoe shaped bone that attaches
to the tongue.
Thyroid Cartilage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Adams apple. Directly anterior to the
glottic opening.
Cricoid Cartilage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔AKA Cricoid Ring, forms the lowest
portion of the larynx, and the first ring of the trachea.
Cricothyroid Membrane - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Site for emergency surgical and
nonsurgical access to the airway. Between the thyroid and cricoid cartilage.
Vellecula - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Anatomic space or "pocket" located between the
base of the tongue and the epiglottis. Where the MAC blade goes.
Laryngospasm - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When the airway is stimulated (such as
during aspiration of foreign material or submersion incident), defensive
reflexes cause a spasmodic closure of the vocal cords, which seals off the
airway.
Trachea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔AKA Windpipe, is the conduit for air entry into the
lungs. Approx 10-12 cm long, & consists of C-Shaped Cartilaginous rings.
, Begins immediately below the cricoid cartilage. Divides into the right and
left mainstem bronchi at the level of the Carina.
Mediastinum - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The space between the lungs that contains,
in addition to the trachea, the heart, great vessels, and a portion of the
esophagus. Main thing to know- the heart is housed there.
Carina - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Where the right and left mainstem bronchi branch
off.
Goblet Cells - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mucous producing cells, that are lined in the
trachea and bronchi. They trap small particles and other potential
contaminants.
Beta-2 Adrenergic Receptors - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stimulate bronchodilation.
# of Lobes in each Lung - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Right lung- 3, Left lung- 2.
Visceral pleura - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Thin, slippery, outer membrane covering
the lungs.
Parietal Pluera - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Lines the inside of the thoracic cavity.
Bronchioles - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Made of smooth muscle & lined with beta-2
receptors, which can dilate and constrict based on stimuli.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100%
PASS
Upper Airway - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Consists of all structures above the level of
the vocal cords. The nose, mouth, jaw, oral cavity and pharynx.
Lower Airway - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Function is to exchange oxygen and carbon
dioxide. Starts at the larynx. Spans from the glottis to the pulmonary
capillary membrane.
Turbinates - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Increase the surface area of the nasal mucosa,
thereby improving the processes of warming, filtering and humidification of
inhaled air.
,Hyoid Bone - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Small, horseshoe shaped bone that attaches
to the tongue.
Thyroid Cartilage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Adams apple. Directly anterior to the
glottic opening.
Cricoid Cartilage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔AKA Cricoid Ring, forms the lowest
portion of the larynx, and the first ring of the trachea.
Cricothyroid Membrane - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Site for emergency surgical and
nonsurgical access to the airway. Between the thyroid and cricoid cartilage.
Vellecula - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Anatomic space or "pocket" located between the
base of the tongue and the epiglottis. Where the MAC blade goes.
Laryngospasm - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When the airway is stimulated (such as
during aspiration of foreign material or submersion incident), defensive
reflexes cause a spasmodic closure of the vocal cords, which seals off the
airway.
Trachea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔AKA Windpipe, is the conduit for air entry into the
lungs. Approx 10-12 cm long, & consists of C-Shaped Cartilaginous rings.
, Begins immediately below the cricoid cartilage. Divides into the right and
left mainstem bronchi at the level of the Carina.
Mediastinum - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The space between the lungs that contains,
in addition to the trachea, the heart, great vessels, and a portion of the
esophagus. Main thing to know- the heart is housed there.
Carina - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Where the right and left mainstem bronchi branch
off.
Goblet Cells - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mucous producing cells, that are lined in the
trachea and bronchi. They trap small particles and other potential
contaminants.
Beta-2 Adrenergic Receptors - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stimulate bronchodilation.
# of Lobes in each Lung - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Right lung- 3, Left lung- 2.
Visceral pleura - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Thin, slippery, outer membrane covering
the lungs.
Parietal Pluera - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Lines the inside of the thoracic cavity.
Bronchioles - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Made of smooth muscle & lined with beta-2
receptors, which can dilate and constrict based on stimuli.
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
