RRT Exam One Study Guide Anatomy
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Verified
What structures are responsible for substantially increasing the surface area of the nasal cavity?
Conchae/Turbinates.
What are the main functions of the nose?
Filtering,warming and humidifying air flow.
What reflex(es) is/are responsible for preventing aspiration of foreign material into the lungs?
Pharyngeal and laryngeal reflexes
In a deeply unconscious patient, what is the most common threat to upper airway patency?
Soft tissue obstruction
Individuals with obstructive sleep apnea typically have what characteristics?
Snoring, headache,short/thick neck and daytime sleepiness
Inflammation of what anatomic structures is considered a life-threatening condition?
Epiglottis
What sound is associated with high-velocity air flowing through a narrowed glottis?
Stridor, narrow airways or swollen epiglottis
What mechanism explains why drowning victims often have little water in their lungs?
Laryngospasm occurs if anything except air enters the trachea
The term that describes a volume of gas that is approximately 150 mL in the average adult and does
not participate in gas exchange?
Anatomical dead space
What cells that engulf microorganisms and foreign material in the alveolus?
Macrophages
What are the explanations for the left hemidiaphragmatic surface being slightly lower than the right?
The heart occupies a space corresponding to the right lungs middle lobe. The left lung lacks a middle
lobe.
The term that describes the presence of fluid in the pleural space as a result of inflammation?
Pleural effusion
What reflex(es) cause smooth muscle relaxation and bronchodilation after a deep inspiration?
Hering-Breuer reflex
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Verified
What structures are responsible for substantially increasing the surface area of the nasal cavity?
Conchae/Turbinates.
What are the main functions of the nose?
Filtering,warming and humidifying air flow.
What reflex(es) is/are responsible for preventing aspiration of foreign material into the lungs?
Pharyngeal and laryngeal reflexes
In a deeply unconscious patient, what is the most common threat to upper airway patency?
Soft tissue obstruction
Individuals with obstructive sleep apnea typically have what characteristics?
Snoring, headache,short/thick neck and daytime sleepiness
Inflammation of what anatomic structures is considered a life-threatening condition?
Epiglottis
What sound is associated with high-velocity air flowing through a narrowed glottis?
Stridor, narrow airways or swollen epiglottis
What mechanism explains why drowning victims often have little water in their lungs?
Laryngospasm occurs if anything except air enters the trachea
The term that describes a volume of gas that is approximately 150 mL in the average adult and does
not participate in gas exchange?
Anatomical dead space
What cells that engulf microorganisms and foreign material in the alveolus?
Macrophages
What are the explanations for the left hemidiaphragmatic surface being slightly lower than the right?
The heart occupies a space corresponding to the right lungs middle lobe. The left lung lacks a middle
lobe.
The term that describes the presence of fluid in the pleural space as a result of inflammation?
Pleural effusion
What reflex(es) cause smooth muscle relaxation and bronchodilation after a deep inspiration?
Hering-Breuer reflex
