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FISDAP AIRWAY EXAM/ AIRWAY EXAM FOR FISD d d d d d d
AP RECENT AND COMPLETE VERSION ALL 300 QU
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From the atmosphere, what structures does air pass through during ventilation? -
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ANSWER: Starts in atmosphere, then nose, nasopharyngeal space/orophargyneal sp
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ace (if mouth breather), then pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
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What is the purpose of the nasal passages and nasopharynx? -
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ANSWER: To warm/humidify air as it passes through
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What is the difference between respiration and ventilation? -
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dANSWER: Respiration refers to the exchange of gases in the alveoli, ventilation refe
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rs to the movement of air into the lungs. Respiration is needed to provide O2 to cells a
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nd remove waste products. Also regulates pH of blood.
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What are the structures of the upper airway? -
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ANSWER: nose, mouth, tongue, jaw, pharynx and larynx
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What structure is considered a landmark that divides the upper airway from lower?
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- ANSWER: The larynx, anything above is upper. The larynx and below are lower.
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What are the structures of the lower airways? -
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dANSWER: larynx (includes adam's apple/thyroid cartilage, cricothyroid membrane
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, cricoid cartilage), trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
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Describe the anatomy of the larynx. - d d d d d d
ANSWER: From superior to inferior. Thyroid cartilage, cricothyroid membrane, an
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d cricoid membrane. The thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage are anterior to the lary
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nx, and the cricothyroid membrane is posterior to both structures.
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True or false: the lungs are completely equal in the midsaggital plane. -
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ANSWER: False, right lungs has 3 lobes, left lung only has 2 lobes. Together they h
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ave 5 total. Also, the right bronchi is inferior to the left bronchi.
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What are the structures of the lungs in order of ventilation? - ANSWER:
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bronchioles, and alveoli d d
True or false: the lungs use muscles found in the lateral lobes to expand and contract?
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dANSWER: False: the lungs are hollow organs and contain no muscles. When the dia
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phragm contracts it expands the thoracic cavity. The pleural space has a negative pres
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sure and the lungs expand. This results in a slightly negative pressure (compared to th
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e atmosphere) and air rushes in.
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True or false: Air rushes into the lungs because of negative pressure. -
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dANSWER: True, when the lungs expand, they are creating a vacuum because they a
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re expanding the volume of the container. This increase in volume causes influx of air
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into the container until the pressure is equalized with the atmosphere.
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True or false: The parietal pleura lines the lungs and the visceral pleura lines the lungs
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. The space between is called the anterior pleura. -
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dANSWER: False: the visceral pleura lines the lungs, the parietal pleura lines the bod
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y cavity and the pleural space is the space in between both where body fluid allows fo
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r both to smoothly glide.
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What muscles are involved in inhalation? -
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ANSWER: The diaphragm, cervical muscles (neck), intercostals, abdominal muscle
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s, and pectoral muscles.
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What muscles are involved in expiration? -
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dANSWER: none, expiration (if done passively) is achieved by the relaxation of the d
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iaphragm.
What is the primary driver of respiration? (Why would we increase/decrease RR?)
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dANSWER: The CSF in the brain has chemoreceptors sensitive to CO2. When there i
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s too much CO2. The pH changes. These sensors feed back to the medulla oblongata,
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which stimulates the phrenic nerve which innervates the diaphragm. They cause an in
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crease in activity of the diaphragm. This increases the RR which causes us to increase
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tidal volume. This means more CO2 is exhaled. And brings our pH back to normal.
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We also have the less sensitive hypoxic drive
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What is hypoxic drive? -
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ANSWER: Backup system to control respiration. Chemoreceptors in brain, aorta, a
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nd carotid arteries. But they are "satisfied" by a small amount of O2, which means it is
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not as sensitive as pH control of CO2
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What two areas of the brain are involved in respiration? - ANSWER: medulla-
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controls rhythm, initiates inspiration, sets base pattern for respirations, and stimulate
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s diaphragm to contract.
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True or false: arteries bring oxygenated blood to organs/capillaries -
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ANSWER: True in most cases with one exception. Arteries (away) bring blood awa
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y from the heart. Usually this is oxygenated blood. But the pulmonary arteries bring o
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xygen poor blood away from the heart, to the lungs to be oxygenated.
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What is the tidal volume? -
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ANSWER: amount of air moved in/out of lungs in single breath. Usually 500 ml in a
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What is inspiratory reserve volume? -
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ANSWER: Deepest breath you can take after normal respiration
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What is expiratory reserve volume/Vital Capacity? -
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ANSWER: maximum amount you can breathe out after normal breath.
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What is residual volume? -
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ANSWER: Remaining gas in lungs after exhalation. This is to keep lungs inflated
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What is dead space? What structures are considered part of dead space? -
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dANSWER: Part of respiratory system not involved in active respiration. Air moves
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through here but little to no respiration occurs. Mouth, trachea, bronchi and bronchio
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les considered dead space
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What is minute volume? What does it measure? -
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ANSWER: Minute volume = RR x tidal volume. Volume of air moving through lu
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ngs in 1 minute. Can be estimated quickly. Count RR rate. If normal check to see ch
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est rise and fall (tidal volume). If chest rise and fall is weak and/or little air coming o
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ut of nose, then the person has small minute volume.
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Alveolar Minute Volume - d d d
ANSWER: Volume of air moved through lungs in 1 minute minus the dead space.
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Alveolar Minute Volume = (tidal volume - dead space) x RR
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Alveolar Ventilation - ANSWER: Volume of air that reaches alveoli.
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Alveolar ventilation = tidal volume - dead space
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FISDAP AIRWAY EXAM/ AIRWAY EXAM FOR FISD d d d d d d
AP RECENT AND COMPLETE VERSION ALL 300 QU
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ESTIONS AND ANSWERS/ BEST GRADED A+ d d d d d
From the atmosphere, what structures does air pass through during ventilation? -
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ANSWER: Starts in atmosphere, then nose, nasopharyngeal space/orophargyneal sp
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ace (if mouth breather), then pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
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What is the purpose of the nasal passages and nasopharynx? -
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ANSWER: To warm/humidify air as it passes through
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What is the difference between respiration and ventilation? -
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dANSWER: Respiration refers to the exchange of gases in the alveoli, ventilation refe
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rs to the movement of air into the lungs. Respiration is needed to provide O2 to cells a
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nd remove waste products. Also regulates pH of blood.
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What are the structures of the upper airway? -
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ANSWER: nose, mouth, tongue, jaw, pharynx and larynx
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What structure is considered a landmark that divides the upper airway from lower?
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- ANSWER: The larynx, anything above is upper. The larynx and below are lower.
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What are the structures of the lower airways? -
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dANSWER: larynx (includes adam's apple/thyroid cartilage, cricothyroid membrane
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, cricoid cartilage), trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
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Describe the anatomy of the larynx. - d d d d d d
ANSWER: From superior to inferior. Thyroid cartilage, cricothyroid membrane, an
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d cricoid membrane. The thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage are anterior to the lary
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nx, and the cricothyroid membrane is posterior to both structures.
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True or false: the lungs are completely equal in the midsaggital plane. -
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ANSWER: False, right lungs has 3 lobes, left lung only has 2 lobes. Together they h
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ave 5 total. Also, the right bronchi is inferior to the left bronchi.
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What are the structures of the lungs in order of ventilation? - ANSWER:
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bronchioles, and alveoli d d
True or false: the lungs use muscles found in the lateral lobes to expand and contract?
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dANSWER: False: the lungs are hollow organs and contain no muscles. When the dia
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phragm contracts it expands the thoracic cavity. The pleural space has a negative pres
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sure and the lungs expand. This results in a slightly negative pressure (compared to th
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e atmosphere) and air rushes in.
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True or false: Air rushes into the lungs because of negative pressure. -
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dANSWER: True, when the lungs expand, they are creating a vacuum because they a
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re expanding the volume of the container. This increase in volume causes influx of air
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into the container until the pressure is equalized with the atmosphere.
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True or false: The parietal pleura lines the lungs and the visceral pleura lines the lungs
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. The space between is called the anterior pleura. -
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dANSWER: False: the visceral pleura lines the lungs, the parietal pleura lines the bod
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y cavity and the pleural space is the space in between both where body fluid allows fo
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r both to smoothly glide.
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What muscles are involved in inhalation? -
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ANSWER: The diaphragm, cervical muscles (neck), intercostals, abdominal muscle
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s, and pectoral muscles.
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What muscles are involved in expiration? -
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dANSWER: none, expiration (if done passively) is achieved by the relaxation of the d
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iaphragm.
What is the primary driver of respiration? (Why would we increase/decrease RR?)
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-
dANSWER: The CSF in the brain has chemoreceptors sensitive to CO2. When there i
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s too much CO2. The pH changes. These sensors feed back to the medulla oblongata,
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which stimulates the phrenic nerve which innervates the diaphragm. They cause an in
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crease in activity of the diaphragm. This increases the RR which causes us to increase
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tidal volume. This means more CO2 is exhaled. And brings our pH back to normal.
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We also have the less sensitive hypoxic drive
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What is hypoxic drive? -
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ANSWER: Backup system to control respiration. Chemoreceptors in brain, aorta, a
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nd carotid arteries. But they are "satisfied" by a small amount of O2, which means it is
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not as sensitive as pH control of CO2
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What two areas of the brain are involved in respiration? - ANSWER: medulla-
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controls rhythm, initiates inspiration, sets base pattern for respirations, and stimulate
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s diaphragm to contract.
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pons-changes depth of inspiration, expiration or both. d d d d d d
True or false: arteries bring oxygenated blood to organs/capillaries -
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ANSWER: True in most cases with one exception. Arteries (away) bring blood awa
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y from the heart. Usually this is oxygenated blood. But the pulmonary arteries bring o
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xygen poor blood away from the heart, to the lungs to be oxygenated.
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What is the tidal volume? -
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ANSWER: amount of air moved in/out of lungs in single breath. Usually 500 ml in a
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What is inspiratory reserve volume? -
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ANSWER: Deepest breath you can take after normal respiration
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What is expiratory reserve volume/Vital Capacity? -
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ANSWER: maximum amount you can breathe out after normal breath.
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What is residual volume? -
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ANSWER: Remaining gas in lungs after exhalation. This is to keep lungs inflated
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What is dead space? What structures are considered part of dead space? -
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dANSWER: Part of respiratory system not involved in active respiration. Air moves
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through here but little to no respiration occurs. Mouth, trachea, bronchi and bronchio
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les considered dead space
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What is minute volume? What does it measure? -
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ANSWER: Minute volume = RR x tidal volume. Volume of air moving through lu
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ngs in 1 minute. Can be estimated quickly. Count RR rate. If normal check to see ch
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est rise and fall (tidal volume). If chest rise and fall is weak and/or little air coming o
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ut of nose, then the person has small minute volume.
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Alveolar Minute Volume - d d d
ANSWER: Volume of air moved through lungs in 1 minute minus the dead space.
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Alveolar Minute Volume = (tidal volume - dead space) x RR
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Alveolar Ventilation - ANSWER: Volume of air that reaches alveoli.
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Alveolar ventilation = tidal volume - dead space
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