LRA 213/214 QUIZZES QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Serve as a passageway for food and fluids, as well as air, making it common to the
digestive and respiratory systems. - Answers - Pharynx
Rounded upper area of the level of a clavicle: - Answers - Apex of each lung
Of the following positioning actions, which one will remove the majority of the scapulae
from the lung fields? - Answers - Roll shoulders forward
The lower concave area of the lung is termed the: - Answers - base
Double-wall sac or membrane that contains each lung: - Answers - Pleura
Which of the following is not a form of occupational lung disease? - Answers -
tuberculosis
The right lung _____ and the left lung contains ______ lobes. - Answers - 3 and 2
As the dome of the diaphragm moves downward, it ________ the volume of the thoracic
cavity - Answers - increases
Each half of the diaphragm is called? - Answers - hemidiaphragm
Connecting the larynx to the main bronchi is the ? - Answers - trachea or windpipe
Accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity creates a condition called - Answers -
hemothorax
Medial portion of the thoracic cavity between the lungs - Answers - mediastinum
A well-inspired average adult chest PA projection will have a minimum of ____ posterior
ribs seen above the diaphragm. - Answers - 10
Central area in which bronchi and blood vessels enter the lungs - Answers - hilum
The double-walled which surrounds the heart - Answers - Pericardial sac
Which four structures are located in the mediastinum - Answers - Lungs, heart, superior
vena cava (other veins and arteries), esophagus
The internal prominence or ridge in which the trachea bifurcates into the right and left
bronchi is termed the: - Answers - carina
, The extreme outer most lower portion of the lung is called - Answers - Costophrenic
angle
The space within the double-walled membrane - Answers - Pleural cavity
Air of gas that escapes into the pleural cavity results in a condition, known as - Answers
- pneumothorax
Floating ribs applies to rib pairs 9 and 10 - Answers - False
Costochondral union is a joint between the Costeocartilage and the sternal end of a rib -
Answers - True
List the three structures that make up the bony thorax - Answers - sternum, thoracic
vertebrae, 12 pairs of ribs
Which aspect of the rib articulates with the transverse process of the thoracic vertebrae
- Answers - tubercle
Each rib is numbered according to the thoracic vertebrae to which it attaches - Answers
- True
The union between the ribs and the transverse process of the vertebrae is called -
Answers - Costotransverse joint
What is the name of the section of cartilage that connects the anterior end of the rib to
the sternum? - Answers - costocartilage
The union between the ribs in the body of the vertebrae is called - Answers -
Costovertebral joint
Jugular notch is at the level of - Answers - T2
Term for the long middle aspect of the sternum - Answers - body
The union between a clavicle, and the manubrium of the sternum is called - Answers -
Sternoclavicular joint
The pancreas is posterior to the stomach - Answers - True
duodenum - Answers - Shortest but widest
jejunum - Answers - second part of the small intestine (2/5 of the small intestine)
ileum - Answers - third or distal portion of the small intestine (3/5 of the small intestine)
Serve as a passageway for food and fluids, as well as air, making it common to the
digestive and respiratory systems. - Answers - Pharynx
Rounded upper area of the level of a clavicle: - Answers - Apex of each lung
Of the following positioning actions, which one will remove the majority of the scapulae
from the lung fields? - Answers - Roll shoulders forward
The lower concave area of the lung is termed the: - Answers - base
Double-wall sac or membrane that contains each lung: - Answers - Pleura
Which of the following is not a form of occupational lung disease? - Answers -
tuberculosis
The right lung _____ and the left lung contains ______ lobes. - Answers - 3 and 2
As the dome of the diaphragm moves downward, it ________ the volume of the thoracic
cavity - Answers - increases
Each half of the diaphragm is called? - Answers - hemidiaphragm
Connecting the larynx to the main bronchi is the ? - Answers - trachea or windpipe
Accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity creates a condition called - Answers -
hemothorax
Medial portion of the thoracic cavity between the lungs - Answers - mediastinum
A well-inspired average adult chest PA projection will have a minimum of ____ posterior
ribs seen above the diaphragm. - Answers - 10
Central area in which bronchi and blood vessels enter the lungs - Answers - hilum
The double-walled which surrounds the heart - Answers - Pericardial sac
Which four structures are located in the mediastinum - Answers - Lungs, heart, superior
vena cava (other veins and arteries), esophagus
The internal prominence or ridge in which the trachea bifurcates into the right and left
bronchi is termed the: - Answers - carina
, The extreme outer most lower portion of the lung is called - Answers - Costophrenic
angle
The space within the double-walled membrane - Answers - Pleural cavity
Air of gas that escapes into the pleural cavity results in a condition, known as - Answers
- pneumothorax
Floating ribs applies to rib pairs 9 and 10 - Answers - False
Costochondral union is a joint between the Costeocartilage and the sternal end of a rib -
Answers - True
List the three structures that make up the bony thorax - Answers - sternum, thoracic
vertebrae, 12 pairs of ribs
Which aspect of the rib articulates with the transverse process of the thoracic vertebrae
- Answers - tubercle
Each rib is numbered according to the thoracic vertebrae to which it attaches - Answers
- True
The union between the ribs and the transverse process of the vertebrae is called -
Answers - Costotransverse joint
What is the name of the section of cartilage that connects the anterior end of the rib to
the sternum? - Answers - costocartilage
The union between the ribs in the body of the vertebrae is called - Answers -
Costovertebral joint
Jugular notch is at the level of - Answers - T2
Term for the long middle aspect of the sternum - Answers - body
The union between a clavicle, and the manubrium of the sternum is called - Answers -
Sternoclavicular joint
The pancreas is posterior to the stomach - Answers - True
duodenum - Answers - Shortest but widest
jejunum - Answers - second part of the small intestine (2/5 of the small intestine)
ileum - Answers - third or distal portion of the small intestine (3/5 of the small intestine)
