PORTAGE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MODULE 5 EXAMINATION QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS (2025).

PORTAGE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MODULE 5 EXAMINATION
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS (2025).


1. Both carbon dioxide and oxygen can bind with hemoglobin.
True

2. True/False? Hypoventilation is associated with decreased PCO2.

False

3. The breathing rate is determined by input from ______ that monitors the blood's oxygen,
carbon dioxide, and pH levels.

Chemoreceptors

4. Lung _____ is the term used to describe the ease or difficulty with which the lungs can be
inflated.

Compliance

5. True/False? Asthma is considered reversible airway bronchoconstriction.

True

6. True/False? Asthma is considered non-reversible airway bronchoconstriction.
False

7. True/False? Intrathoracic pressure is always greater than intrapleural pressure.

False

8. True/False? Excess surface tension makes lung inflation harder.

True

9. The diaphragm is innervated by _____.

C3, C4, C5
10. _____ is the flow of gases into and out of the lungs' alveoli.

Ventilation

11. Risk factors for asthma include each of the following except:

Drug overdose
12. People with emphysema would exhibit each of the following except: