NPTE - Cardiopulmonary Review Question and answers (Latest Update )100%Solved.

What are the principle muscles of inspiration - Answer- Diaphragm and external intercostals What are the accessory breathing muscles - Answer- pec major, pec minor, serratus anterior, scalenes, SCM basically anything that attaches to the ribs/sterm anteriorly The upper respiratory tract extends to what point, and is responsible for what? - Answer- extends to and includes the larynx, and is responsible for warming, humidifying, and filtering air the lower, starting with the trachea, is responsible for the gas exchange What is a pneumothorax - Answer- a hole in the lung has result in air in the pleural space that removes the negative intrapleural pressure and causes it to collapse. it is often called a collapsed lung, but so is atelectasis... What is pleural effusion? - Answer- Accumulation of fluid in the pleural space that can compress a lung. Most common with CHF or cirrhosis. Likely to have a thoracentesis and chest tube to resolve it. Hemothorax is same thing, but its blood instead of pleural/serous fluid. innervation for the lung comes from where? - Answer- purely autonomic. sympathetic pulmonary plexus and parasympathetic vagus nerve