RESPIRATORY DISORDERS EXAM-STUDY GUIDE CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

RESPIRATORY DISORDERS EXAM-STUDY GUIDE CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. The purpose of the cilia is to: a. produce mucus. b. phagocytize bacteria. c. contract smooth muscle. d. move the mucus back to the larynx. 2. A patient with sinus congestion points to the area on the inside of the eye as a point of pain. The nurse knows that the patient is referring to which sinus? a. Frontal b. Ethmoidal c. Maxillary d. Sphenoidal 3. The lungs are enclosed in a serous membrane called the: a. diaphragm. b. mediastinum. c. pleura. d. xiphoid process. 4. The left lung, in contrast to the right lung, has: a. one less lobe. b. one more lobe. c. the same number of lobes. d. two more lobes. 5. The divisions of the lung lobe proceed in the following order, beginning at the mainstem bronchi: a. lobar bronchi, bronchioles, segmented bronchi, subsequent bronchi. b. segmented bronchi, subsegmented bronchi, lobar bronchi, bronchioles. c. lobar bronchi, segmented bronchi, subsegmented bronchi, bronchioles.