Fisdap Airway Study Guide Exam Questions &
Answers.
Alveolar air volume - Correct Answer amount of air that reaches alveoli for gas exchange
(approx. 350 ml. For adult male) Tidal volume minus dead space
Dead air space - Correct Answer anatomic dead space are structures that hold air but but
can't participate in gas exchange. Physiologic dead space are alveoli or capillaries
destroyed by disease
Expiratory reserve volume - Correct Answer amount of gas that can be forcefully expired
at the end of a normal expiration
Inspiratory reserve volume - Correct Answer amount of gas that can be forcefully inspired
in addition to a normal breaths tidal volume
Internal respiration - Correct Answer exchange of gases between blood cells and tissues
Peak expiratory flow - Correct Answer the greatest rate of airflow during forced expiration
when lungs are fully inflated
Residual volume - Correct Answer after maximal forced exhalation, amount of air
remaining not able to be expelled
Tidal volume - Correct Answer amount of air in a respiratory cycle (500 ml, 5-7ml/kg)
Minute volume - Correct Answer amount of gas moved in and out of respiratory tract per
minute
Air trapping - Correct Answer a respiratory pattern associated with an obstruction in the
pulmonary tree. Rate increases to overcome resistance.
Angle of Louis - Correct Answer angulation of the sternum that indicates the point where
the second rib joins the sternum. (manubriosternal junction)
Anoxia - Correct Answer total lack of oxygen available to the tissues
, Apnea - Correct Answer respiratory arrest
Atelectasis - Correct Answer abnormal condition characterized by collapse of alveoli,
preventing exchange of CO2 and O2 in a part of the lungs
Barrier device - Correct Answer thin film of material placed on the patient's face used to
prevent direct contact with the patient's mouth during PPV
Carina - Correct Answer where the trachea divides into right and left bronchi
Ronchi - Correct Answer rattling or rumbling in the lungs. Inspiration and expiration. Fluid
in larger airways and may be cleared from a cough.
Stridor - Correct Answer harsh, high-pitched inspiratory sound best heard over the neck
Rattles (ronchi) - Correct Answer inflammation and mucus or fluid in larger airways heard
on inspiration. Associated with bronchitis or pneumonia
Crackles (rales) - Correct Answer wet lungs - sounds like hair rolled in finger tips. fluid in
smaller airways, crackling or popping sound on inspiration, sound that indicates presence
of fluid in smaller airways
Croup - Correct Answer viral infection in upper airway that sounds like a seal bark
Wheeze - Correct Answer whistling sound heard on inspiration or expiration in pharynx,
trachea, bronchi
Biot's respirations - Correct Answer irregular respirations and rate with periods of apnea
from increased ICP, brain damage at medulla, DKA, and OD'ing
Agonal respirations - Correct Answer slow, shallow, irregular from anoxic brain injury
Central neurogenic hyperventilation - Correct Answer similar to kussmaul respirations,
deep and rapid breathing from increased ICP
Answers.
Alveolar air volume - Correct Answer amount of air that reaches alveoli for gas exchange
(approx. 350 ml. For adult male) Tidal volume minus dead space
Dead air space - Correct Answer anatomic dead space are structures that hold air but but
can't participate in gas exchange. Physiologic dead space are alveoli or capillaries
destroyed by disease
Expiratory reserve volume - Correct Answer amount of gas that can be forcefully expired
at the end of a normal expiration
Inspiratory reserve volume - Correct Answer amount of gas that can be forcefully inspired
in addition to a normal breaths tidal volume
Internal respiration - Correct Answer exchange of gases between blood cells and tissues
Peak expiratory flow - Correct Answer the greatest rate of airflow during forced expiration
when lungs are fully inflated
Residual volume - Correct Answer after maximal forced exhalation, amount of air
remaining not able to be expelled
Tidal volume - Correct Answer amount of air in a respiratory cycle (500 ml, 5-7ml/kg)
Minute volume - Correct Answer amount of gas moved in and out of respiratory tract per
minute
Air trapping - Correct Answer a respiratory pattern associated with an obstruction in the
pulmonary tree. Rate increases to overcome resistance.
Angle of Louis - Correct Answer angulation of the sternum that indicates the point where
the second rib joins the sternum. (manubriosternal junction)
Anoxia - Correct Answer total lack of oxygen available to the tissues
, Apnea - Correct Answer respiratory arrest
Atelectasis - Correct Answer abnormal condition characterized by collapse of alveoli,
preventing exchange of CO2 and O2 in a part of the lungs
Barrier device - Correct Answer thin film of material placed on the patient's face used to
prevent direct contact with the patient's mouth during PPV
Carina - Correct Answer where the trachea divides into right and left bronchi
Ronchi - Correct Answer rattling or rumbling in the lungs. Inspiration and expiration. Fluid
in larger airways and may be cleared from a cough.
Stridor - Correct Answer harsh, high-pitched inspiratory sound best heard over the neck
Rattles (ronchi) - Correct Answer inflammation and mucus or fluid in larger airways heard
on inspiration. Associated with bronchitis or pneumonia
Crackles (rales) - Correct Answer wet lungs - sounds like hair rolled in finger tips. fluid in
smaller airways, crackling or popping sound on inspiration, sound that indicates presence
of fluid in smaller airways
Croup - Correct Answer viral infection in upper airway that sounds like a seal bark
Wheeze - Correct Answer whistling sound heard on inspiration or expiration in pharynx,
trachea, bronchi
Biot's respirations - Correct Answer irregular respirations and rate with periods of apnea
from increased ICP, brain damage at medulla, DKA, and OD'ing
Agonal respirations - Correct Answer slow, shallow, irregular from anoxic brain injury
Central neurogenic hyperventilation - Correct Answer similar to kussmaul respirations,
deep and rapid breathing from increased ICP
