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What is one of the most common pathologic conditions? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Respiratory disease
_______ and ________ are among the top 10 chronic conditions that cause restricted
activity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
An inflammation of the lungs caused by bacterial, viral, or fungal infections or infections
with other microorganisms
One of the most common fatal illnesses in developing countries
Accounts for 6% of patient deaths in the US - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Pneumonia
Tiny saclike units in which gas exchange occurs - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Alveoli
Carries oxygen to the lungs - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Trachea or windpipe
The ridgelike point at which the tracheal cartilage bifurcates
Roughly the level of the 5th intercostal space - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Carina
In adults, which mainstem bronchi typically branches at a less acute angle?
Aspirated foreign bodies often end up here - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Right
mainstem bronchi
The right and left mainstem bronchi continue to branch into the _______ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Lobes of the lungs
The right lung has _______ lobes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Three
The left lung has _______ lobes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Two
Gas exchange is most efficient in the alveoli, but a significant amount of gas is also
exchanged across the ________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Respiratory
bronchioles
Bronchioles lack ________, have no protective blanket of ________, and are not
shielded by _______ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Cilia
Mucus
, Smooth muscle or more rigid structures
The functional portions of a gland or solid organ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Parenchyma
The nonstriated involuntary muscle found in vessel walls, glands, and the GI tract -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Smooth muscle
Bronchoconstriction occurs when _________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Smooth
muscle narrows larger airways
Wheezing that resolves with administration of bronchodilator medication was probably
caused by ____________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Constriction of the smooth
muscle
Wheezing that is NOT resolved by bronchodilator medication may have been caused by
__________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A pathologic condition deeper in the
tracheobronchial tree
The terminal airways and alveoli include branches ______ through ________ of the
tracheobronchial tree, the so-called ___________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅16
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Terminal bronchioles
The entire surface of the alveoli and terminal bronchioles is covered in _________ and
participates in gas exchange - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Capillaries
What is contained in the mediastinum? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Heart and large
blood vessels
Large conducting airways (trachea and mainstem bronchi)
Blood flows from the heart to the lungs via the ________, which branches into smaller
arteries, arterioles, and finally capillaries - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Pulmonary
artery
The mechanical process of moving air into and out of the lungs in two separate phases:
inhalation (inspiration) and exhalation (expiration) - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Ventilation
People with ________ and _______ often generate a surplus of red blood cells over
time, which makes their blood thick. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Chronic lung
disease
Chronic hypoxia