HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY CH
16 TEST BANK
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,Certainly! Here are all the questions numbered with their answers:
1) The events listed below are all components of respiration EXCEPT ________.
**C) speech**
2) Internal respiration occurs in the respiratory zone. True or False
**FALSE**
3) Type I alveolar cells secrete pulmonary surfactant. True or False
**FALSE**
4) The "Adam's apple" is formed by the largest cartilage of the larynx. True or False
**TRUE**
5) The conducting zone contains all of the following EXCEPT the ________.
**D) respiratory bronchioles**
6) Diffusion rate across the respiratory membrane is rapid because ________.
**D) All of the choices are correct.**
7) A pulmonologist is examining a patient who has been smoking cigarettes for several years.
The patient's history includes frequent upper and lower respiratory tract infections. What
explains the patient's history?
**C) Smoking suppresses the innate defenses in the conducting zone of the respiratory
system.**
8) Pleural membranes envelop organs within the thoracic cavity. True or False
**TRUE**
, 9) The ________ separates the abdominal and thoracic cavities.
**D) diaphragm**
10) The parietal pleura covers the surface of the lungs. True or False
**FALSE**
11) Intrapulmonary pressure increases as the diaphragm contracts. True or False
**FALSE**
12) Intrapleural pressure ________ during expiration.
**A) increases**
13) During inspiration, ________.
**D) intrapulmonary pressure is less than atmospheric pressure**
14) An individual presents to the ER with a pneumothorax. The patient is unable to inflate
the affected lung because the transpulmonary pressure has decreased.
**TRUE**
15) What law states that the pressure of a given quantity of gas is inversely proportional to
its volume?
**A) Boyle's Law**
16) A measure of the distensibility of the lungs is ________.
**A) compliance**
17) The tendency of the lungs to return to their initial size after stretching is ________.
**B) elasticity**
16 TEST BANK
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
,Certainly! Here are all the questions numbered with their answers:
1) The events listed below are all components of respiration EXCEPT ________.
**C) speech**
2) Internal respiration occurs in the respiratory zone. True or False
**FALSE**
3) Type I alveolar cells secrete pulmonary surfactant. True or False
**FALSE**
4) The "Adam's apple" is formed by the largest cartilage of the larynx. True or False
**TRUE**
5) The conducting zone contains all of the following EXCEPT the ________.
**D) respiratory bronchioles**
6) Diffusion rate across the respiratory membrane is rapid because ________.
**D) All of the choices are correct.**
7) A pulmonologist is examining a patient who has been smoking cigarettes for several years.
The patient's history includes frequent upper and lower respiratory tract infections. What
explains the patient's history?
**C) Smoking suppresses the innate defenses in the conducting zone of the respiratory
system.**
8) Pleural membranes envelop organs within the thoracic cavity. True or False
**TRUE**
, 9) The ________ separates the abdominal and thoracic cavities.
**D) diaphragm**
10) The parietal pleura covers the surface of the lungs. True or False
**FALSE**
11) Intrapulmonary pressure increases as the diaphragm contracts. True or False
**FALSE**
12) Intrapleural pressure ________ during expiration.
**A) increases**
13) During inspiration, ________.
**D) intrapulmonary pressure is less than atmospheric pressure**
14) An individual presents to the ER with a pneumothorax. The patient is unable to inflate
the affected lung because the transpulmonary pressure has decreased.
**TRUE**
15) What law states that the pressure of a given quantity of gas is inversely proportional to
its volume?
**A) Boyle's Law**
16) A measure of the distensibility of the lungs is ________.
**A) compliance**
17) The tendency of the lungs to return to their initial size after stretching is ________.
**B) elasticity**
