Egan's Chapter 9 - The Respiratory System Questions With 100% Correct Answers.
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Egan's Chapter 9 - The Respiratory System Questions With 100% Correct Answers.
a. Continuous absorption of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide
What is the primary purpose of the respiratory system?
a. Continuous absorption of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide
b. Filtering to...
Egan's Chapter 9 - The Respiratory System Questions
With 100% Correct Answers.
a. Continuous absorption of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide
What is the primary purpose of the respiratory system?
a. Continuous absorption of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide
b. Filtering to prevent allergens and microbes from reaching the lungs
c. Transport oxygenated blood to the tissues
d. Warm and humidify inspired gas
d. Exchange of gases between the blood and the tissue
What is meant by "internal respiration"?
a. Any gas exchange that occurs inside the body
b. Consumption of O2
in the mitochondria
c. Continuous absorption of O2
and excretion of carbon dioxide
d. Exchange of gases between the blood and the tissue
d. Simple diffusion
By what mechanism does gas exchange across the lung occur?
a. Active transport
b. Facilitated diffusion
c. Facilitated transport
d. Simple diffusion
a. It receives blood from right and left ventricles.
What is unique regarding the blood supply to the lung?
a. It receives blood from right and left ventricles.
b. It requires no dedicated blood supply as it exists in a gas environment.
c. Pulmonary venous drainage contributes to the normal anatomic shunt.
d. The pulmonary arteries are the primary source of O2 for lung structures.
c. Protect the vital organs.
What is the function of the thorax?
a. Facilitate digestion.
b. Heat, humidify, and filter gases.
c. Protect the vital organs.
d. Vocalization.
c. Parietal pleura
What is the name of the thin serous membrane that covers the inner layer of the
thoracic wall?
a. Cupula
b. Mesothelioma
c. Parietal pleura
d. Visceral pleura
b. Manubrium
What is the name of the upper portion of the sternum?
a. Angle of Louis
, b. Manubrium
c. Vertebral process
d. Xiphoid process
b. At the join between the manubrium and sternal body
Where does the sternal angle lie?
a. At the depression in the body of the sternum to which the clavicles attach
b. At the join between the manubrium and sternal body
c. At the superior edge of the sternum
d. Where the xiphoid process connects to the sternum
a. Sternal angle
What is the name of the external landmark that identifies the point at which the trachea
branches into the right and left main stem bronchi?
a. Sternal angle
b. Cricoid cartilage
c. Suprasternal notch
d. Xiphoid process
b. 1 through 7
Which of rib pairs connect directly to the sternum?
a. 1 through 4
b. 1 through 7
c. 1 through 12
d. 11 through 12
c. Floating ribs
What are rib pairs 11 and 12 known as?
a. False ribs
b. Faux ribs
c. Floating ribs
d. True ribs
b. Costal groove on the bottom of each rib
The intercostal arteries, veins, and nerves run through which of the following?
a. Costal groove on the top of each rib
b. Costal groove on the bottom of each rib
c. Fibers of the intercostal musculature
d. Surface of the parietal pleura
b. 1 and 2
Which of the following muscles are considered primary muscles of ventilation?
1. Diaphragm
2. Intercostals
3. Scalenes
4. Sternomastoid
a. 1, 3, and 4
b. 1 and 2
c. 3 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
d. 75
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