Portage Learning NURSING BS 231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 5 PULMONARY 2021/22 [NEW] 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

Exam 5: Pulmonary 1. Both carbon dioxide and oxygen are able to bind with hemoglobin. 1. True b. Hypoventilation is associated with decreased PCO2. 1. False b. The breathing rate is determined by input from ______ that monitor oxygen, carbon dioxide, and pH levels in the blood. 1. Chemoreceptors b. Lung _____ is the term used to describe the ease or difficulty with which the lungs can be inflated. 1. Compliance b. During expiration, air moves out of the lungs as the chest muscles relax and the chest cavity becomes smaller. 1. True b. Intrapleural pressure is always negative in relation to alveolar pressure in a normal inflated lung. 1. True b. Intrathoracic pressure is always greater than intrapleural pressure. 1. False b. Collagen fibers make lung inflation easier. 1. False b. Lung volumes can be measured using a ______. 1. Spirometer b. _____ is the flow of blood in the adjacent pulmonary capillaries. 1. Perfusion b. Asthma is characterized by each of the following except: 1. Loss of elastic lung fibers 2. Airway obstruction 3. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness 4. Airway inflammation b. Each of the following are TRUE of emphysema except: 1. Alveoli have decreased elastic recoil 2. Hyperinflation and air trapping 3. Airways are hyperreactive 4. Alveolar walls are destroyed b. People with chronic bronchitis would exhibit each of the following except: