EXAM 2 VERSIONS (VERSION A AND B) COMPLETE 270
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
CORRECT ANSWERS ) / ALREADY GRADED A+
Fowler's describes what patient position? - ANSWER: Sitting upright
Shortness of breath when lying down, relieved when sitting up defines what term? -
ANSWER: Orthopnea
Lying flat and facedown defines what body position? - ANSWER: prone
Define platypnea - ANSWER: shortness of breath when upright, relieved when lying
down
When lying flat on the back, the body is in what position? - ANSWER: supine
Trendelenburg refers to what body position? - ANSWER: Head down (lower than
body)
The term decubitus refers to what? - ANSWER: lying down
The term cephalic refers to what? - ANSWER: toward the head
The term caudal refers to what? - ANSWER: inferior, lower, toward the tail
What is another name for the transverse plane? - ANSWER: Horizontal or axial
What is another name for the lateral plane? - ANSWER: Sagittal or median
What is another name for the frontal plane? - ANSWER: Coronal
How does the transverse plane separate the body? - ANSWER: Top from bottom
How does the sagittal plane separate the body? - ANSWER: Side from side
How does the coronal plane separate the body? - ANSWER: Front from back
The chest landmark immediately above the clavicle is what? - ANSWER:
supraclavicular space
The space between the ribs is called what? - ANSWER: Intercostal space
How many pairs of true ribs are there? - ANSWER: seven
,How many pairs of false ribs are there? - ANSWER: three
How many pairs of floating ribs are there? - ANSWER: two
Name the tree parts of the sternum - ANSWER: Head (manubrium)
body (gladiolus)
tail (xiphoid)
where would you find the angle of Louis? - ANSWER: At the connection of the head
and body of the sternum
The root of the lung is referred to as what? - ANSWER: The hilum
The area in the chest bordered by the lungs, spine, sternum, and diaphragm is called
what? - ANSWER: Mediastinum
The lung is externally lined by what membrane? - ANSWER: visceral pleura
The chest wall is lined internally by what membrane? - ANSWER: Parietal pleura
Air in the pleural space is known as what? - ANSWER: Pneumothorax
What term means "throat"? - ANSWER: Pharynx
name the three parts of the pharynx - ANSWER: noso
oro
laryngo (or hypo)
The saddle-shaped cartilage in the larynx is called what? - ANSWER: Thyroid
The only complete ring of cartilage in the larynx is what? - ANSWER: cricoid
Where is the site of insertion of an emergency airway in the larynx? - ANSWER:
Circothyroid ligament
bifurcation of the trachea forms what anatomic structure? - ANSWER: carina
what is the number of conduction airway generations? - ANSWER: 16
The last generation of the conducting airways is called what? - ANSWER: terminal
bronchi
there are approximately how many alveoli in the lungs? - ANSWER: 480,000,000
There are an average of how total airway generations in the lungs? - ANSWER: 24
, Name the two main muscles of instpiration - ANSWER: Disphragm, external
intercostals
Name three accessory muscles of inspiration. - ANSWER: scalene
sternomastoid
pectoralis
name four expiratory msucles - ANSWER: internal interscostals
external and internal oblique
transverse abdominus
rectus abdominus
what happens to intrapleural pressure during normal breathing? - ANSWER: it is
subatmospheric
list the four lung volumes. - ANSWER: Vt, IRV, ERV, RV
List the four lung capacities. - ANSWER: TLC, VC, IC, FRC
What three factors are major determinants of lung volume? - ANSWER: age, gender,
height
Define dead space. - ANSWER: ventilation without perfusion
anatomic dead space can be estimated how? - ANSWER: 1 mL/lb ideal body weight
How would you calculate physiological dead space? - ANSWER: Alv pusana VD
if VE is 7.2L and F is 12, what is VT? - ANSWER: 600mL
if vt is 550 mL and VD is 140 mL, what is VA? - ANSWER: 410 mL
what term defines a normal breathing pattern? - ANSWER: Eupnea
A slow breathing pattern is defined as what? - ANSWER: Bradypnea
what term best describes the movement of air in and out of the lungs? - ANSWER:
Breathing or ventilation
Define external respiration. - ANSWER: The movement of gas across the A-C
membrane
Internal respiration refers to what? - ANSWER: Oxygen consumption, metabolism
Blood enters what vessel after leaving the right ventricle? - ANSWER: Pulmonary
artery