OpenStax Clinical Nursing Skills Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 18: Oxygenation and Perfusion
OpenStax Clinical Nursing Skills Nursing
Test Bank
Chapter 18: Oxygenation and Perfusion
Review Questions
Multiple Choice
1. Which part of the upper airway protects the airway from inhaled particles as well as warms
and humidifies inhaled air?
A. sinuses
B. nasal turbinates*
C. epiglottis
D. pharynx
LO: 18.1.1
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remember
AACN: 1.1a
2. Your patient is choking because she has food in her trachea. How did this happen?
A. As she chewed, her carina did not close off.
B. When she swallowed, her glottis did not close the opening from her esophagus.
C. As she chewed, her trachea did not close off.
D. When she swallowed, her epiglottis did not close the opening from her esophagus.*
LO: 18.1.1
Difficulty: Difficult
Blooms: Remember, Understand, Apply
AACN: 1.1b
3. Throughout the respiratory system, what provides the mechanisms to isolate and remove
foreign substances, such as inhaled gases and microbiota?
A. bronchi and mucus
B. cilia and mucus*
C. goblet cells
D. cilia and conchae
LO: 18.1.2
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remember
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Chapter 18: Oxygenation and Perfusion
AACN: 1.1a
4. What process ultimately removes CO2 from the body?
A. diffusion
B. perfusion
C. exhalation*
D. oxygenation
LO: 18.1.2
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Remember, Understand
AACN: 1.1
5. Why are veins considered blood reservoirs?
A. Systemic veins contain approximately 64 percent of the body’s blood volume at any time.*
B. Pulmonary veins contain approximately 64 percent of the body’s blood volume at any time.
C. Systemic veins contain approximately 58 percent of the body’s blood volume at any time.
D. Pulmonary veins contain approximately 58 percent of the body’s blood volume at any time.
LO: 18.2.1
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Remember, Understand
AACN: 1.1a
6. What is cardiac output and what is its normal range?
A. amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle in one minute; 3 to 7 liters/minute
B. amount of blood pumped by the right ventricle in one minute; 3 to 7 liters/minute
C. amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle in one minute; 4 to 8 liters/minute*
D. amount of blood pumped by the right ventricle in one minute; 4 to 8 liters/minute
LO: 18.2.2
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Remember, Understand
AACN: 1.1a
7. Along with identifying infections in cultures, what can the laboratory provide to help
identify the best drugs to treat an infection?
A. sputum
B. microbes
C. resistance
D. sensitivity*
LO: 18.3.3
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Chapter 18: Oxygenation and Perfusion
OpenStax Clinical Nursing Skills Nursing
Test Bank
Chapter 18: Oxygenation and Perfusion
Review Questions
Multiple Choice
1. Which part of the upper airway protects the airway from inhaled particles as well as warms
and humidifies inhaled air?
A. sinuses
B. nasal turbinates*
C. epiglottis
D. pharynx
LO: 18.1.1
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remember
AACN: 1.1a
2. Your patient is choking because she has food in her trachea. How did this happen?
A. As she chewed, her carina did not close off.
B. When she swallowed, her glottis did not close the opening from her esophagus.
C. As she chewed, her trachea did not close off.
D. When she swallowed, her epiglottis did not close the opening from her esophagus.*
LO: 18.1.1
Difficulty: Difficult
Blooms: Remember, Understand, Apply
AACN: 1.1b
3. Throughout the respiratory system, what provides the mechanisms to isolate and remove
foreign substances, such as inhaled gases and microbiota?
A. bronchi and mucus
B. cilia and mucus*
C. goblet cells
D. cilia and conchae
LO: 18.1.2
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remember
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Chapter 18: Oxygenation and Perfusion
AACN: 1.1a
4. What process ultimately removes CO2 from the body?
A. diffusion
B. perfusion
C. exhalation*
D. oxygenation
LO: 18.1.2
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Remember, Understand
AACN: 1.1
5. Why are veins considered blood reservoirs?
A. Systemic veins contain approximately 64 percent of the body’s blood volume at any time.*
B. Pulmonary veins contain approximately 64 percent of the body’s blood volume at any time.
C. Systemic veins contain approximately 58 percent of the body’s blood volume at any time.
D. Pulmonary veins contain approximately 58 percent of the body’s blood volume at any time.
LO: 18.2.1
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Remember, Understand
AACN: 1.1a
6. What is cardiac output and what is its normal range?
A. amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle in one minute; 3 to 7 liters/minute
B. amount of blood pumped by the right ventricle in one minute; 3 to 7 liters/minute
C. amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle in one minute; 4 to 8 liters/minute*
D. amount of blood pumped by the right ventricle in one minute; 4 to 8 liters/minute
LO: 18.2.2
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Remember, Understand
AACN: 1.1a
7. Along with identifying infections in cultures, what can the laboratory provide to help
identify the best drugs to treat an infection?
A. sputum
B. microbes
C. resistance
D. sensitivity*
LO: 18.3.3
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