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PATH 1000 FINAL EXAM
2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
What is pulmonary disease? - ANSWER-Type of disease that
affects the lungs and other associated parts of the respiratory
system.
Describe pulmonary disease - ANSWER-Acute, obstructive,
chronic or infectious/non-infectious
Pulmonary disease can be associated with other organs - True
or False - ANSWER-True - the heart in particular
Signs and symptoms of pulmonary disease (8) - ANSWER--
Dyspnea
-Cough
-Sputum
-Pain
-Cyanosis
-Clubbing
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-Hemopysis
-Abnormal breathing patterns
Coughing up blood - ANSWER-hemoptysis
What is kussmal respiration? - ANSWER-increased respirations
and tidal volumes
Alternating breathing patterns of deep and shallow breathing -
ANSWER-cheyne-stokes
What is hypoxemia - ANSWER-reduced oxygenation of arterial
blood
What is hypoxia? - ANSWER-deficiency in the amount of
oxygen reaching the tissues
What happens in respiratory failure? - ANSWER-Defined as
inadequate gas exchange. Can result from injury to lungs,
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airway or chest wall or indirectly from disease to other body
systems
What is flail chest? - ANSWER-Results from fractures of ribs,
which allow ribs to move independently during respiration
Clinical manifestations flail chest? (5) - ANSWER--Pain in chest
-Tenderness
-Difficulty breathing
-Bruising and inflammation
-Paradoxical movement when breathing
What is primary (spontaneous) pneumothorax? - ANSWER-
occurs when a small air blister (bleb) on the top of the lung
ruptures
What is secondary pneumothorax? - ANSWER-Caused by
disease, trauma, injury, or condition
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What causes iatrogenic pneumothorax? - ANSWER-
transthoracic needle aspiration
When is the difference between open and closed
pneumothorax? - ANSWER-Open air pressure enters into
pleural space during inspiration and exits during expiration.
Closed air does not escape pleural space during expiration
Presence of fluid in plural space - ANSWER-pleural effusion
Collection of blood in the pleural space - ANSWER-hemothorax
Presence of pus in the plural space - ANSWER-Empyema
what is a restrictive lung disorder - ANSWER-decrease
compliance of the lung tissue
What is the impact from restrictive lung disorders? - ANSWER-
Individuals experience dyspnea, increased respiratory rate, and
decreased tidal volume
PATH 1000 FINAL EXAM
2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
What is pulmonary disease? - ANSWER-Type of disease that
affects the lungs and other associated parts of the respiratory
system.
Describe pulmonary disease - ANSWER-Acute, obstructive,
chronic or infectious/non-infectious
Pulmonary disease can be associated with other organs - True
or False - ANSWER-True - the heart in particular
Signs and symptoms of pulmonary disease (8) - ANSWER--
Dyspnea
-Cough
-Sputum
-Pain
-Cyanosis
-Clubbing
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-Hemopysis
-Abnormal breathing patterns
Coughing up blood - ANSWER-hemoptysis
What is kussmal respiration? - ANSWER-increased respirations
and tidal volumes
Alternating breathing patterns of deep and shallow breathing -
ANSWER-cheyne-stokes
What is hypoxemia - ANSWER-reduced oxygenation of arterial
blood
What is hypoxia? - ANSWER-deficiency in the amount of
oxygen reaching the tissues
What happens in respiratory failure? - ANSWER-Defined as
inadequate gas exchange. Can result from injury to lungs,
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airway or chest wall or indirectly from disease to other body
systems
What is flail chest? - ANSWER-Results from fractures of ribs,
which allow ribs to move independently during respiration
Clinical manifestations flail chest? (5) - ANSWER--Pain in chest
-Tenderness
-Difficulty breathing
-Bruising and inflammation
-Paradoxical movement when breathing
What is primary (spontaneous) pneumothorax? - ANSWER-
occurs when a small air blister (bleb) on the top of the lung
ruptures
What is secondary pneumothorax? - ANSWER-Caused by
disease, trauma, injury, or condition
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What causes iatrogenic pneumothorax? - ANSWER-
transthoracic needle aspiration
When is the difference between open and closed
pneumothorax? - ANSWER-Open air pressure enters into
pleural space during inspiration and exits during expiration.
Closed air does not escape pleural space during expiration
Presence of fluid in plural space - ANSWER-pleural effusion
Collection of blood in the pleural space - ANSWER-hemothorax
Presence of pus in the plural space - ANSWER-Empyema
what is a restrictive lung disorder - ANSWER-decrease
compliance of the lung tissue
What is the impact from restrictive lung disorders? - ANSWER-
Individuals experience dyspnea, increased respiratory rate, and
decreased tidal volume
