BIO 669 Quiz 5 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A patient has a history of emphysema and has hyper-inflated lungs. Which of the following
would be true? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Increased lung compliance
The compliance within the apex of the lung of a standing person would be ____ than the base
of the lung - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Less than
The space between the lungs that include the heart, esophagus, and the great vessel is termed
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mediastinum
Which of the following is tru regarding Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- It can cause severe pulmonary edema
Pulmonary fibrosis is most likely to result in all of the following except - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Oxygen toxicity
Emphysema results from - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An infected plural effusion
A reduced oxygenation in the blood is termed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hypoxemia
Along with respiratory bronchioles, the ____ is a thin walled balloon like structure that acts
as the primary unit of gas exchange - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Alveolus
The most common feature as a result of hyperventilation is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Hypocapnia
The pores of Kohn play a role in - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Allowing air to pass from one
alveoli to another, allowing equal distribution of air
, What effect would acidemia at the alveolar have on the pulmonary artery - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Decreased blood flow (vasoconstriction)
While most alveolar perfusion is under control of local humoral conditions, widespread
decrease in PaO2 (alveolar O2) is likely to result in - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pulmonary
arty construction (pulmonary hypertension)
A pulmonary embolus creating alveolar dead space will likely have which of the following
effects? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- High V/Q ratio
Severe Bronchospasm not responsive to the normal measures (beta agonist bronchodilators)
is best described as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Status asthmatics
All of the following are findings consistent with pulmonary fibrosis expect - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Increased lung compliance
Which of the following does not increase airway resistance (increase the work of breathing) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Activation of the sympathetic nervous system effects on the
airway
The effect of H+ on oxygen binding to hemoglobin is termed the ___ effect - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Bohr
What happens to the functional residual capacity in COPD? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- It's
increased, resetting the TV to a higher volume
Acidosis will _____ the affinity of oxygen to hemoglobin and thus would be considered a
___ shift in the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Decrease,
right
Which of the following is NOT part of Virchow's triad in the development of thrombi and
emboli? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Immune system activation
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A patient has a history of emphysema and has hyper-inflated lungs. Which of the following
would be true? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Increased lung compliance
The compliance within the apex of the lung of a standing person would be ____ than the base
of the lung - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Less than
The space between the lungs that include the heart, esophagus, and the great vessel is termed
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mediastinum
Which of the following is tru regarding Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- It can cause severe pulmonary edema
Pulmonary fibrosis is most likely to result in all of the following except - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Oxygen toxicity
Emphysema results from - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An infected plural effusion
A reduced oxygenation in the blood is termed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hypoxemia
Along with respiratory bronchioles, the ____ is a thin walled balloon like structure that acts
as the primary unit of gas exchange - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Alveolus
The most common feature as a result of hyperventilation is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Hypocapnia
The pores of Kohn play a role in - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Allowing air to pass from one
alveoli to another, allowing equal distribution of air
, What effect would acidemia at the alveolar have on the pulmonary artery - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Decreased blood flow (vasoconstriction)
While most alveolar perfusion is under control of local humoral conditions, widespread
decrease in PaO2 (alveolar O2) is likely to result in - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pulmonary
arty construction (pulmonary hypertension)
A pulmonary embolus creating alveolar dead space will likely have which of the following
effects? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- High V/Q ratio
Severe Bronchospasm not responsive to the normal measures (beta agonist bronchodilators)
is best described as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Status asthmatics
All of the following are findings consistent with pulmonary fibrosis expect - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Increased lung compliance
Which of the following does not increase airway resistance (increase the work of breathing) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Activation of the sympathetic nervous system effects on the
airway
The effect of H+ on oxygen binding to hemoglobin is termed the ___ effect - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Bohr
What happens to the functional residual capacity in COPD? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- It's
increased, resetting the TV to a higher volume
Acidosis will _____ the affinity of oxygen to hemoglobin and thus would be considered a
___ shift in the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Decrease,
right
Which of the following is NOT part of Virchow's triad in the development of thrombi and
emboli? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Immune system activation
