Asthma Educator Certification All Answers Correct
Name the five things for moderate persistant Asthma (adult) ✔️Daily Symptoms
Daily use of inhaler
Nighttime awakenings more than once/week, but not nightly
Moderate limitation to activities
Lung function is < predicted
Define Asthma ✔️Asthma is a chronic, inflammatory, obstructive, non-contagious airway disease with
varying levels of severity.
Lungs are a pair of ______ shaped organs ✔️Cone
Lie in the pleural cavity separated by _________ ✔️Mediastinum
Lungs extend from the ________ to 1-2 cm above the _______ ✔️Diaphragm, Clavicles
These four things enter the lungs at the Hilum ✔️Mainstem bronchi, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels,
and nerves
Thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs? ✔️Visceral pleura
Thin layer on the inside of the chest wall? ✔️Parietal Pleura
Area between the chest wall, and the lungs? Which contains a small amount of what? ✔️Pleural Space
Fluid
The average trachea is how long? ✔️10-12 cm long
, What area of the airways no longer have cartilage to hold them open? ✔️Bronchioles
Explain in relation to inhalation, and exhalation what the smooth muscle is doing. ✔️On inhalation the
smooth muscle relaxes allowing the air to enter the alveoli, and on exhalation the smooth muscle
contracts.
Name the areas of gas exchange ✔️Terminal Bronchioles,Respiratory bronchioles these lead to alveolar
ducts, then sacs, then to the alveoli themselves
What are the three tissue layers in the wall of the airways ✔️Mucosa
Submucosa
Adventitia
What is the main cell type in the airways are? ✔️Pseudostratified, ciliated columnar epithelum
Which type of cells are responsible for secreting Mucous? ✔️Goblet Cells
The Cilia is responsible for what in the airway? ✔️Clearing and defending the conducting airways
What does the submucosal layer contain? ✔️Bronchial glands which are the major source of
respiratory tract secretions.
(An increase in bronchial glands = increase in secretion production in the airways)
Mast Cells
When the mast cells are stimulated they excrete mediators such as? ✔️Histamine, Leukotrienes
Eosinophilia ✔️increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood, occurring in response to some
allergens, drugs, and parasites, and in some types of leukemia
Name the five things for moderate persistant Asthma (adult) ✔️Daily Symptoms
Daily use of inhaler
Nighttime awakenings more than once/week, but not nightly
Moderate limitation to activities
Lung function is < predicted
Define Asthma ✔️Asthma is a chronic, inflammatory, obstructive, non-contagious airway disease with
varying levels of severity.
Lungs are a pair of ______ shaped organs ✔️Cone
Lie in the pleural cavity separated by _________ ✔️Mediastinum
Lungs extend from the ________ to 1-2 cm above the _______ ✔️Diaphragm, Clavicles
These four things enter the lungs at the Hilum ✔️Mainstem bronchi, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels,
and nerves
Thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs? ✔️Visceral pleura
Thin layer on the inside of the chest wall? ✔️Parietal Pleura
Area between the chest wall, and the lungs? Which contains a small amount of what? ✔️Pleural Space
Fluid
The average trachea is how long? ✔️10-12 cm long
, What area of the airways no longer have cartilage to hold them open? ✔️Bronchioles
Explain in relation to inhalation, and exhalation what the smooth muscle is doing. ✔️On inhalation the
smooth muscle relaxes allowing the air to enter the alveoli, and on exhalation the smooth muscle
contracts.
Name the areas of gas exchange ✔️Terminal Bronchioles,Respiratory bronchioles these lead to alveolar
ducts, then sacs, then to the alveoli themselves
What are the three tissue layers in the wall of the airways ✔️Mucosa
Submucosa
Adventitia
What is the main cell type in the airways are? ✔️Pseudostratified, ciliated columnar epithelum
Which type of cells are responsible for secreting Mucous? ✔️Goblet Cells
The Cilia is responsible for what in the airway? ✔️Clearing and defending the conducting airways
What does the submucosal layer contain? ✔️Bronchial glands which are the major source of
respiratory tract secretions.
(An increase in bronchial glands = increase in secretion production in the airways)
Mast Cells
When the mast cells are stimulated they excrete mediators such as? ✔️Histamine, Leukotrienes
Eosinophilia ✔️increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood, occurring in response to some
allergens, drugs, and parasites, and in some types of leukemia
