DPT-772: PULMONARY A+P LECTURE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE VERIFIED 2024/2025

DPT-772: PULMONARY A+P LECTURE EXAM QUESTIONS AND

ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE VERIFIED 2024/2025


Ventilation

movement of air within the lungs

Inspiration

air enters lungs

Exhalation or Expiration

air exits lungs

Respiration

diffusion of gasses across cellular membranes

External Respiration

occurs at alveolar level

Internal Respiration

occurs in all cells of body

Air initially moves into the

upper airways from the nares of the mouth into pharynx to the larynx to the trachea to

the mainstem bronchi and then continues to branch out

Upper Airways

nares



sinuses

, pharynx

---oropharynx

---nasopharynx

---laryngopharynx



epiglottis

The epiglottis is the

cartilaginous flap attached to the tip of the larynx

The epiglottis helps

food and air go where their need to go

Cilia help

capture and move particles away from the lungs because you want to avoid the stuff

getting down into the lungs and causing infection

Most of the passageway from the nasal cavity all the way down to the bronchi are

lined with cells called

ciliated pseudo stratified columnar epithelium

As you move through the bronchioles and the alveoli, the type of cells in the

inner lining

change because the needs change at those different parts of the lungs

When there is an introduction of harmful particles (bacteria, viruses,

microorganisms), the mucous membranes tend to

have a reaction