CARDIOPULMONARY ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY EXAM TEST BANK 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Two parts of the conducting airways. Answer: upper and lower
airways
⩥ What is the upper airway composed of?. Answer: Nose, Oral cavity,
Pharynx, Larynx
⩥ "Voice Box". Answer: Larynx
⩥ Primary functions of the nose. Answer: filter, humidify, and warm
inspired air
⩥ Nasal Flaring. Answer: Sign of Respiratory Distress
⩥ Alar Collapse. Answer: Sign of Respiratory Obstruction, can cause
mouth breathing
⩥ Non-ciliated Stratified Squamous Epithelium. Answer: Lines the
anterior one-third of the nasal cavity
, ⩥ Pseudo-stratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium. Answer: Lines the
posterior two-thirds of the nasal cavity
⩥ Simple Cuboidal Epithelium. Answer: Located in the bronchioles
⩥ Simple Squamous Epithelium. Answer: Permeable tissue to oxygen
and carbon dioxide, can be found in the alveoli and the pulmonary
capillaries that surround the alveoli
⩥ What type of X-Ray would you recumbent for Acute epiglottis?.
Answer: Lateral Neck
⩥ What do you look for to indicate acute epiglottitus?. Answer: Thumb
Sign
⩥ What type of X-Ray do you recommend for Laryngotracheobronchitis
(LTB) and what do you look for?. Answer: Anterior X-Ray and look for
Steeple sign
⩥ Another name for the lower airways. Answer: Tracheobronchial Tree
⩥ Two major forms of the lower airways. Answer: cartilaginous and
non-cartiginous airways
PHYSIOLOGY EXAM TEST BANK 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Two parts of the conducting airways. Answer: upper and lower
airways
⩥ What is the upper airway composed of?. Answer: Nose, Oral cavity,
Pharynx, Larynx
⩥ "Voice Box". Answer: Larynx
⩥ Primary functions of the nose. Answer: filter, humidify, and warm
inspired air
⩥ Nasal Flaring. Answer: Sign of Respiratory Distress
⩥ Alar Collapse. Answer: Sign of Respiratory Obstruction, can cause
mouth breathing
⩥ Non-ciliated Stratified Squamous Epithelium. Answer: Lines the
anterior one-third of the nasal cavity
, ⩥ Pseudo-stratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium. Answer: Lines the
posterior two-thirds of the nasal cavity
⩥ Simple Cuboidal Epithelium. Answer: Located in the bronchioles
⩥ Simple Squamous Epithelium. Answer: Permeable tissue to oxygen
and carbon dioxide, can be found in the alveoli and the pulmonary
capillaries that surround the alveoli
⩥ What type of X-Ray would you recumbent for Acute epiglottis?.
Answer: Lateral Neck
⩥ What do you look for to indicate acute epiglottitus?. Answer: Thumb
Sign
⩥ What type of X-Ray do you recommend for Laryngotracheobronchitis
(LTB) and what do you look for?. Answer: Anterior X-Ray and look for
Steeple sign
⩥ Another name for the lower airways. Answer: Tracheobronchial Tree
⩥ Two major forms of the lower airways. Answer: cartilaginous and
non-cartiginous airways
