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NUR 242 MED SURG EXAM 3|VERIFIED EXAM GUIDE |100% ACCURATE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS,ALL GRADED A+|GUARANTEED SUCCESS|LATEST UPDATES What is ventilation? - ANSWER-the movement of air into and out of the lungs What is perfusion? - ANSWER-the circulation of blood through the lungs...

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NUR 242 MED SURG EXAM 3|VERIFIED
EXAM GUIDE 2024-2025|100%
ACCURATE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS,ALL GRADED
A+|GUARANTEED SUCCESS|LATEST
UPDATES

What is ventilation? - ANSWER-✔the movement of air into and out of the lungs

What is perfusion? - ANSWER-✔the circulation of blood through the lungs

What are central chemoreceptors responsive to? - ANSWER-✔increased H+ in the
brain ECF;
increased PaCO2;
"hypercarbic drive"

What are peripheral chemoreceptors responsive to? - ANSWER-✔decreased pH;
increased PaCO2;
decreased PaO2;
"hypoxic drive"

What are elastic forces? - ANSWER-✔lungs recoil due to elastin, collagen, fibrin

What are surface forces? - ANSWER-✔surface tension due to water-air interface

What is airway resistance? - ANSWER-✔opposition to flow caused by the forces of
friction; primarily determined by airway radius

What is the distensibility of the lungs? - ANSWER-✔ease with which the lungs can
be inflated

What is lung distensibility increased in? - ANSWER-✔neonates and children;
emphysema

,What is lung distensibility decreased in? - ANSWER-✔elderly;
pneumonia, pulmonary edema, ARDS, atelectasis, fibrosis

What is surfactant? - ANSWER-✔complex substance lining the alveoli and smallest
bronchioles containing phospholipids and a number of apoproteins which reduces
surface tension throughout the lungs, thereby contributing to its general compliance;
stabilizes the alveoli and keeps them dry

What produces surfactant? - ANSWER-✔produced by the Type II alveolar cells

What is Ohm's law? - ANSWER-✔velocity = driving force/resistance

What is Poiseuille law? - ANSWER-✔resistance = (8 x viscosity x length) / (pi x
radius^4)

What happens if the radius in the lungs goes down? - ANSWER-✔the resistance
goes up

How is the ventilation distributed in the lungs? - ANSWER-✔the top of the lungs are
more distended and less compliant whereas the lower lung is small and highly
compliant

What factors affect lung perfusion? - ANSWER-✔lung capacitance;
low resistance system;
flow influenced by gravity;
resistance primarily determined by vessel radius

What does hypoxia lead to? - ANSWER-✔vasoconstriction of pulmonary vessels

What does prolonged hypoxia lead to? - ANSWER-✔pulmonary hypertension

What factors affect alveolar-capillary diffusion? - ANSWER-✔capillary permeability;
surface area available for diffusion;
concentration gradient for the gas;
distance for diffusion

What causes right shifts (decreased affinity) in Hemoglobin-O2 affinity? - ANSWER-
✔acidemia;
hyperthermia;
hypercarbia

What causes left shifts (increased affinity) in Hemoglobin-O2 affinity? - ANSWER-
✔alkalemia;
hypothermia;
hypocarbia

What is hypoxemia? - ANSWER-✔deficient blood oxygen;

, low PaO2;
low O2 saturation

What is hypoxia? - ANSWER-✔decreased tissue oxygen

What is hypoxic hypoxia? - ANSWER-✔decreased tissue oxygen caused by
decreased respirations

What is anemic hypoxia? - ANSWER-✔decreased tissue oxygen caused by decreased
hemoglobin

What is circulatory hypoxia? - ANSWER-✔decreased tissue oxygen caused by
decreased blood flow

What is histotoxic hypoxia? - ANSWER-✔decreased tissue oxygen caused by
increased toxic substance

What is ischemia? - ANSWER-✔greatly reduced or interrupted flow through the
arterial system, producing significant tissue hypoxia

What is hypercapnia? - ANSWER-✔increased level of CO2 in the blood

What are S&S of acute hypoxia? - ANSWER-✔dyspnea; restlessness; palpitations;
agitation; headache; tremors; diaphoresis; respiratory distress; cyanosis; tachypnea;
tachycardia; dysrhythmias; hypertension; lethargy; confusion to coma

What are some effects of hypercapnia? - ANSWER-✔respiratory acidosis (decreased
pH from increase in CO2); lethargy and confusion; increased HR and BP; flushed skin;
arrhythmias; seizures; coma; death

What is dyspnea? - ANSWER-✔subjective feeling of being SOB

What does dyspnea lead to? - ANSWER-✔decreased sense of wellness which may
cause psychological and social consequences

What is the leading cause of cancer death? - ANSWER-✔lung cancer

What is lung cancer most likely caused by? - ANSWER-✔cigarette smoking;
asbestos;
familial predisposition

What are the manifestations of lung cancer? - ANSWER-✔cough, hemoptysis (blood
in cough sputum);
hoarseness;
chest pain;
often disseminated (spread widely) at time of diagnosis

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