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PAAM midterm Exam Questions With
Correct And Revised Answers
What makes up the upper airway? - answer✔✔Mouth and nose and ends at the larynx
Nasal cavity, oral cavity and pharynx
Laryngopharynx, Corniculate cartilage, Epiglottis
What makes up the lower airway? - answer✔✔trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
Where does the trachea bifurcate? - answer✔✔Carina
Respiration - answer✔✔The exchange of gases between a living organism and its environment
Partial Pressure - answer✔✔The pressure exerted by each component of a gas mixture
Muscular tube from the back of the soft palate to the esophagus - answer✔✔Pharynx
Response triggered by touching the soft palate or the throat - answer✔✔Gag reflex
Structure that regulates the passage of air through the larynx and controls the production of
sound - answer✔✔Vocal cords
Divides the nasal cavity into right and left - answer✔✔Septum
Leaf-shaped cartilage that prevents food from entering the respiratory tract -
answer✔✔Epiglottis
Cartilage that lies beneath the thyroid cartilage - answer✔✔Cricoid
Opening through which the endotracheal tube is passed - answer✔✔Glottis
Depression between the epiglottis and the base of the tongue - answer✔✔Vallecula
Structure that joins the pharynx with the trachea - answer✔✔Larynx
Stimulation here can cause bradycardia, hypotension, and a decreased respiratory rate -
answer✔✔Laryngeal mucous membrane
Tidal volume - answer✔✔The average volume of gas inhaled in one respiratory cycle
PAAM midterm Exam Questions With
Correct And Revised Answers
What makes up the upper airway? - answer✔✔Mouth and nose and ends at the larynx
Nasal cavity, oral cavity and pharynx
Laryngopharynx, Corniculate cartilage, Epiglottis
What makes up the lower airway? - answer✔✔trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
Where does the trachea bifurcate? - answer✔✔Carina
Respiration - answer✔✔The exchange of gases between a living organism and its environment
Partial Pressure - answer✔✔The pressure exerted by each component of a gas mixture
Muscular tube from the back of the soft palate to the esophagus - answer✔✔Pharynx
Response triggered by touching the soft palate or the throat - answer✔✔Gag reflex
Structure that regulates the passage of air through the larynx and controls the production of
sound - answer✔✔Vocal cords
Divides the nasal cavity into right and left - answer✔✔Septum
Leaf-shaped cartilage that prevents food from entering the respiratory tract -
answer✔✔Epiglottis
Cartilage that lies beneath the thyroid cartilage - answer✔✔Cricoid
Opening through which the endotracheal tube is passed - answer✔✔Glottis
Depression between the epiglottis and the base of the tongue - answer✔✔Vallecula
Structure that joins the pharynx with the trachea - answer✔✔Larynx
Stimulation here can cause bradycardia, hypotension, and a decreased respiratory rate -
answer✔✔Laryngeal mucous membrane
Tidal volume - answer✔✔The average volume of gas inhaled in one respiratory cycle
