Question 1
What muscle is not considered a respiratory muscle?
C.
Answer: Pectoralis major muscle
Question 2
What is the correct pathway of the cardiac conduction system?
c. SA node – AV node – Bundle of His – Right/Left bundle branches – Purkinje
Answer: fibers
Question 3
This portion of the cardiac condution system controls the rate at which the heart contracts?
A.
Answer: SA node
Question 4
What statement is true of capillaries?
D.
Answer: They allow for nutrient and gas exchange within the body
Question 5
What is NOT true regarding the larynx?
A.
, Answer: The larynx is located posterior to the larngopharyx and trachea
Question 6
As the inspiratory muscles contract, the thoracic volume increases leading to an increase of
pulmonary volume, which decreases the intrapulmonary pressure.
True
Answer:
Question 7
What is NOT true of the pleura of the lungs?
Answer: D.
The pleura covers the internal surfaces of the alveolar sacs
Question 8
What term best describes the normal amount of air that is brought into and out of the lungs
during quiet or resting breathing?
B.
Answer: Tidal volume
Question 9
What is NOT a benefit to the inflammatory process?
A.
Answer: Initiates the production of T-cytotoxic cells
Question 10
What is NOT true about the breathing process?
, C.
Answer: For air to enter into the lungs, the atmospheric pressure has to be lower than
intrapulmonary pressure
Question 11
What portion of the EKG wave pertains ventricles contracting during the cardiac cycle?
C.
Answer: QRS complex
Question 12
What is NOT true of the hemostasis process?
Answer: D. Vitamin C is needed to produce a number of clotting
factors
Question 13
The trachealis muscle is located on the posterior aspect of the trachea, facing the esophagus?
True
Answer:
Question 14
What is the secretion by the type II alveolar cells that prevent the lungs from collapsing
between each breath by reducing surface tension?
B.
Answer: Surfactant
Question 15