Sound over organs correct answers dullness
Sound over stomach correct answers tympany - it is a hollow organ
Sound over bone correct answers Flatness
Orthopnea correct answers Difficulty breathing when supine
Bronchial sounds correct answers Sound sounds heard over trachea and larynx
Thoracic cage is made up of on correct answers 12 pairs of ribs and 12 thoracic vertebrae
Angle of Louis correct answers at articulation of manubrium and sternum, and continuous with
second intercostal space
Costal angle correct answers 90 degrees or less (normal finding)
Most prominent vertebra correct answers c7
Mediastinum correct answers Middle section of thoracic cavity contains esophagus, trachea,
heart, and great vessels
Lobes in right lung correct answers 3
Lobes in left lung correct answers 2 ( no middle lobe )
, Posterior chest contains correct answers Almost all lower lobes
Visceral pleura correct answers Lines outside of lungs, dipping into fissures
Which lung is more susceptible to PNA? correct answers Right due to the main bronchus being
shorter, wider, and more vertical than the left
Trachea and bronchi transport what correct answers Gases between the environment and lung
parenchyma
Acinus correct answers functional unit consists of bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs and
alveoli.
Four major function of respiratory system correct answers - Supplying oxygen to the body for
energy production
- removing carbon dioxide as a waste product of energy reactions
- maintaining homeostasis of arterial blood
- maintaining heat exchange
Pons and medulla correct answers Facilitate breathing
Normal stimulus for us to breath correct answers Is a increase in carbon dioxide in the blood or
hypercapnia
What does a decrease in oxygen in the blood do correct answers Increases respirators but is less
effective than hypercapnia
What does the diaphragm do when you breath in correct answers Flatness