NR 507: Advanced Pathophysiology Midterm| Questions with 100 % correct Answers | Verified

Asthma - Chronic disease due to bronchoconstriction and an excessive inflammatory response in the bronchioles What are 5 s/s of asthma - coughing wheezing shortness of breath rapid breathing chest tightness Pathophysiology of asthma (5) - -airway inflammation, bronchial hyper-reactivity and smooth muscle spasm -excess mucus production and accumulation -hypertrophy of bronchial smooth muscle -airflow obstruction -decreased alveolar ventilation Bronchioles - smaller passageways that originate from the bronchi that become the alveoli 3 layers of the bronchioles - innermost layer middle layer - lamina propria outermost layer lamina propria - the middle layer of the bronchioles structure of the lamina propria - embedded with connective tissue cells and immune cells