Respiratory Questions
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- In what portion of the respiratory system does the vital gas exchange take place.
- Alveoli
- The covering of the lungs is called
- Visceral pleura
- This is a disease of newborns characterized by progressive underaeration of the lungs and a granular appearance
- Hyaline membrane disease
- This is a hereditary disease in which thick mucous is secreted by all the exocrine glands.
- Cystic fibrosis
- A necrotic area of pulmonary parenchyma containing purulent or puslike material is called
- Lung abscess
- What radiographic procedure is often required to confirm the diagnosis of bronchiectasis when the results of routine chest radiographs are inconclusive
- Bronchography
- Flattening of the domes of the diaphragm, increased AP diameter of the chest, and increased lucency of the retrosternal air space are suggestive of
- emphysema
- The three most common pneumoconioses are
-
silicosis
asbestosis
antracosis - An abnormal vascular connunication between a pulmonary artery and a pulmonary vein is termed a
- Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula
- What medical emergency has occurred when air continues to eneter the pleural space and cannot escape, leading to complete collapse of a lung and shift of the heart and medialstinal structures
- tension pneumothorax
- Pus in the pleural space is claled
- empyema
- The valsalva maneuver can cause the heart and major blood vessels to appear
- smaller
- Describe the pulmonary circulation in the lungs
- Low pressure low resistance
- Describe the bronchai circulation of the lungs
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High pressure systemic
oxygenated blood is supplied to lung tissue - The lining of the thoracic cavity is termed
- parietal pleura
- A lung inflammation caused by bacteria or viruses is called
- pneumonia
- Name the 2 common types of pulmonary mycoses
-
histoplasmosis
coccidioidomycosis - What medical term is used to describe the entry of air into the pleural space
- pneumothorax
- An increased volume of air in the lungs is seen in
- emphysema
- Inhalation of irritating dusts leading to chronic inflammation and pulmonary fibrosis is called
- pneumoconiosis
- A malignant pleural neoplasm that resusts from asbestosis is
- mesothelioma
- The trapping of bacteria in the pulmonary circulatin that occurs in patients with a history of IV drug use is
- septic embolism
- Reduced air volume within a lung leading to collapse is
- atelectasis
- Blunt or penetrating trauma to the chest can produce >>>>>>>>which appears as streaks of air that outline muscles of the thorax and sometimes the neck
- subcutaneous emphysema
- chest positions that are sometimes used to demonstrate a pneumothorax that are different from the routine CXR positions
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Expiration
Lateral decub - What position is helpful to demonstrate very small pleural effusions
- lateral decub
- Air collecting behind the sternum and dissecting up into the soft tissues of the neck is called
- mediastinal emphysema
- An accumulation of fluid in the pleural space, sometimes caused by heart failure or pulmonary embolus
- Effusion