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____ pressure in the lungs causes air to passively leave the lungs Ans✓✓✓
increased


this occurs in expiration


- Damage to endocardial lining of heart
- Native or prosthetic (right or left side)
- Effects mitral - most commonly
- Pulmonic valve least commonly effected Ans✓✓✓ infectious endocarditis


- inflammation of pericardium
- fluid build up in pericardial space
- common after MI Ans✓✓✓ pericarditis


1st clinical manifestation sign of valvular disease Ans✓✓✓ heart murmur


4 paranasal sinuses Ans✓✓✓ ethmoid
frontal
sphenoid
maxillary


4 stages of wound healing Ans✓✓✓ hemostasis
inflammation

,proliferation
remodeling


5 functions of paranasal sinuses Ans✓✓✓ - humidify and warm inspired air
- absorb shock
- protect from facial trauma
- provide voice resonance
- decrease weight of skull


6 P's of compartment syndrome Ans✓✓✓ Pain
Pressure
Paresthesia
Pallor
Paralysis
Pulselessness


a measure of the CO2 dissolved in the blood Ans✓✓✓ PCO2


adequate ventilation with poor perfusion is referred to as Ans✓✓✓ V/Q
mismatch


ventilation/perfusion


Amount of blood forced out of the left ventricle by each contraction? Ans✓✓✓
Stroke volume

, amount of blood in ventricles at the end of diastole / amount of muscle stretch at
the end of filling? Ans✓✓✓ preload


an example of a condition that can cause low V/Q mismatch? Ans✓✓✓
pneumonia


an example of a condition that can cause V/Q mismatch? Ans✓✓✓ PE


pulmonary embolism


areas of the tracheobronchial tree that do not participate in exchange or
respiration Ans✓✓✓ dead space


biggest difference b/w MI and pericarditis Ans✓✓✓ relief when leaning forward
or sitting up = pericarditis


blood moving from right to left heart without going through the lungs (may be
caused by congenital heart defects) Ans✓✓✓ anatomical shunt


breaking off of a clot that blocks smaller blood vessels Ans✓✓✓ emobolization


bronchioles --> ___ bronchioles --> ___ bronchioles Ans✓✓✓ terminal
respiratory


causes of infectious endocarditis Ans✓✓✓ staph and strep

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