Therapeutic Agents For The Respiratory System Questions With Complete Answers

Therapeutic Agents For The Respiratory
System Questions With Complete Answers

The process of gas exchange in the lungs takes place specifically in the:

a. Brainstem

b. Brain

c. Medulla

d. Alveoli d. Alveoli



The large, dome-shaped muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity is the:

a. Larynx

b. Diaphragm

c. Bronchus

d. Trachea b. Diaphragm



The main function (s) of the cilia in the upper respiratory tract is (are):

a. To smell

b. To catch foreign material

c. To warm and moisten air molecules

d. Both A and C b. To catch foreign material



The function of gas exchange includes all of the following except:

, a. Balancing the pH of the body

b. Oxygenation of the bloodstream

c. Discarding unused carbon dioxide

d. Exchanging nitrogen for carbon dioxide d. Exchanging nitrogen for carbon dioxide



Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is approved to treat:

a. Influenza

b. COPD

c. Asthma

d. Lung cancer a. Influenza



COPD is a term used to describe a group of pulmonary diseases of long duration that are
characterized by increased resistance to airflow, which includes all of the following EXCEPT:

a. Emphysema

b. Postnasal drip

c. Chronic bronchitis

d. Asthma b. Postnasal drip



Albuterol is classified as a (n):

a. Inhaled corticosteroid

b. Long-acting beta-agonist

c. Short-acting beta-agonist