Olson, Respiratory Test

Front 1

True or False:
The forced expiratory volume percent (FEV1%) is a measure of the expiratory flow during the first second of exhalation.

Back 1

False. It compares the actual FEV1 and the FVC.

Front 2

True or False:
The forced expiratory volume percent (FEV1%) compares the actual FEV1 and the FVC.

Back 2

True

Front 3

During the initial portion of a maximal expiratory effort, airflow and resistance are related to what?

Back 3

Both the expiratory effort and lung volume.

Front 4

What is the normal maximal voluntary ventilation?

Back 4

150 L/Min

Front 5

Compared with atmospheric air, tracheal air during inspiration has a higher concentration of what?

Back 5

Water

Front 6

The outer surface of the lung is covered by what?

Back 6

Visceral peura

Front 7

Major muscles of inspiration include ___(2)____ with the ______ playing the most important role during normal, quiet breating.

Back 7

diaphragm and external intercostals; diaphragm

Front 8

The functional residual capacity (FRC) is comprised of the _____ and ______.

Back 8

Expiratory reserve volume and the residual volume

Front 9

The approximate volume of the FRC is what?

Back 9

2.3 Liters

Front 10

The volume in the intact chest-lung system at which the tendency for the lungs to collapse is at its greatest at _____.

Back 10

the IRV

Front 11

True or False:
Because of surfactant the surface tension decreases with lower lung volumes.

Back 11

True

Front 12

True or False:
Because of surfactant the surface tension increases with lower lung volumes.

Back 12

False, decreases

Front 13

In the nose the cilia function to do what?

Back 13

prevent accumulation of secretions.

Front 14

True or False:
The soft palate closes off the laryngopharynx during swallowing.

Back 14

False

Front 15

In the larynx there are nine articulating cartilages, now many are paired and how many unpaired?

Back 15

3 paired
3 unpaired

Front 16

True or False:
Innervation of the larynx includes branches of the hypoglossal nerve.

Back 16

False

Front 17

Where does the trachea begin at?

Back 17

C6

Front 18

What lines the entire trachea?

Back 18

ciliated columnar epithelium

Front 19

Patency of the trachea is due to what?

Back 19

a series of 16-20 C-shaped cartilages

Front 20

What does type II alveolar cells produce?

Back 20

Surfactant

Front 21

The external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve provides motor innervation where?

Back 21

to the cricothyroid muscles

Front 22

The angle of the left main stem bronchus is what?

Back 22

45 degrees

Front 23

True or False:
Movement of air in and out of the lungs is called respiration.

Back 23

False

Front 24

True or False:
The superior turbinate provides a passageway for successful placement of nasal airways and/or nasal intubations.

Back 24

False

Front 25

True or False:
The internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve provides sensory innervation to the area below the cords.

Back 25

False

Front 26

True or False:
The cricoid ring is the narrowest part of the trachea in an adult.

Back 26

False

Front 27

True or Flase:
The valleculae is the most common site for impaction of a fish bone.

Back 27

True

Front 28

True or False:
Within the mediastinum, the trachea is anterior to the heart and main blood vessels and posterior to the esophagus.

Back 28

False

Front 29

True or False:
The right mainstem bronchus is longer, wider, and more vertically placed than the left.

Back 29

False

Front 30

True or False:
The respiratory bronchiles begin the gas exchange are of the lung.

Back 30

True

Front 31

True or False:
The capillary basement membrane composes the surface of the capillary and in many places fuses with the alveolar basement membrane.

Back 31

True

Front 32

True or False:
The right lung has three lobes and the left has two lobes.

Back 32

True

Front 33

True or False:
The parietal pleura adheres to the lung surface.

Back 33

False

Front 34

True or False:
Emphysematous lungs have significantly increased compliance when compared with normal lungs.

Back 34

True

Front 35

True or False:
Pulmonary arteries have smaller diameters and more compliance than systemic arteries.

Back 35

False. Larger diameters.

Front 36

Where is the landmark for a cricothyrotomy?

Back 36

between the thyroid and cricoid cartilage.

Front 37

At body temperature, water vapor has a vapor pressure of what?

Back 37

47 mmHg

Front 38

What is the PO2 for the partial pressure of inspired air?

Back 38

159

Front 39

What is the PCO2 for the partial pressure of inspired air?

Back 39

0.3

Front 40

What is the PH2O for the partial pressure of inspired air?

Back 40

3.7

Front 41

What is the PN2 for the partial pressure of inspired air?

Back 41

597

Front 42

What is the PO2 for the partial pressure of alveolar gas?

Back 42

104

Front 43

What is the PCO2 for the partial pressure of alveolar gas?

Back 43

40

Front 44

What is the PH2O for the partial pressure of alveloar gas?

Back 44

47

Front 45

What is the PN2 for the partial pressure of alveolar gas?

Back 45

569

Front 46

What are stridor and dyspnea after a thyroidectomy likely related to?

Back 46

Acute bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve injury.

Front 47

What is V/Q mismatch in the ARDS patient primarily due to?

Back 47

vasoconstriction of pulmonary arteries

Front 48

What is the correct anatomic location for incision when performing an emergency cricothyroidectomy?

Back 48

superior to the cricoid cartilage

Front 49

True or False:
The hyoid bone is a single cartilage of the larynx.

Back 49

False

Front 50

True or False:
The epiglottis is a paired cartilage.

Back 50

False

Front 51

What nerve arises from the vagus and provides a motor branch to the cricothyroid muscle and a sensory branch to the base of the tongue, pharynx and epiglottis?

Back 51

Superior laryneal

Front 52

What is the law that explains why a small sphere requires more pressure to inflate than does a large sphere?

Back 52

Law of Laplace

Front 53

What is the definition of hypoventilation?

Back 53

Inadequate alveolar ventilation in relation to metabolic demands.

Front 54

When does cyanosis develop?

Back 54

When 5g of Hbg are reduced.

Front 55

What is the distribution of pulmonary blood flow influenced by?

Back 55

gravity or hydrostatic pressure of blood itself.

Front 56

What is the only intrinsic muscle that abducts or opens the vocal cords?

Back 56

the posterior criocoarytenoid muscle

Front 57

When the _____ muscle contracts it tenses the vocal cords by increasing the distance between the arytenoids and thyroid cartilage.

Back 57

Cricothyroid

Front 58

What is the role of the recurrent laryngeal nerve>

Back 58

To provide motor innervation of all muscles of the larynx except the cricothyroid muscle.

Front 59

You are relieving on a case and notice that your 70kg male patient has an ET tube secured at 27cm at the lips. the tip of the tube is probably located where?

Back 59

in the right mainstem bronchus

Front 60

Asthma is an example of what?

Back 60

obstructive airway disease

Front 61

The forced expiratory flow 25-75% is the mean rate of air flow over the middle half of FVC. Here the smaller airways or _____ or less are being emptied.

Back 61

2.5mm

Front 62

Following upper abdomen surgery the patients vital capacity can be ____ % of normal. The vital capacity may not return to normal for ____ days.

Back 62

40%

10-14 days