GMS6402 /
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // //
the //vast //majority //of //the //total //surface //area //of //the //lung //is //found //in //the...
•trachea
•segmental //bronchi
•terminal //bronchioles
•alveoli //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //alveoli
all //of //the //following //can //be //measured //via //spirometry //EXCEPT...
•tidal //volume //(TV)
•vital //capacity //(VC)
•functional //residual //capacity //(FRC)
•inspiratory //capacity //(IC)
•expiratory /
/reserve //volume //(ERV) //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //functional //residual //capacity //(FRC)
which //of //the //following //is //a //muscle //that //is //used //for //expiration?
•sternocleidomastoid
•external //obliques
•diaphragm
•external //intercostals
,•scalenus //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //external //obliques
what //is //the //transpulmonary //pressure //(PTP) //if //pleural //pressure //is //-
7 //cm //H2O //and //alveolar //pressure //is //-3 //cm //H2O?
•+10 //cm //H2O
•+4 //cm //H2O
•-10 //cm //H2O
•-4 //cm //H2O
•0 //cm //H2O //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //+4 //cm //H2O
a/
/lung /
/compliance /
/test /
/indicates /
/that //
a //
3/
/cm /
/H2O /
/change /
/in /
/transpulmonary /
/pressure /
/generates //a //0.9 //liter //change //in //lung //volume. //what //is //this //patient's //lung //compliance?
•0.2 //liters //of //air/cm //H2O
•0.2 //cm //H2O/liter //of //air
•3.33 //cm //H2O/liter //of //air
•0.3 //liters //of //air/cm //H2O
, •2.7 //liters //of //air/cm //H2O //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //0.3 //liters //of //air/cm //H2O
airway /
/resistance //across //a //set //of //airways //is //lowest //under //which //of //the //following //conditions?
•airway //radius //is //large //and //the //length //of //the //tube //is //large
•airway //radius //is //large //and //the //length //of //the //tube //is //small
•airway //radius //is //small //and //airways //are //in //series.
•airway //radius //is //small //and //airways //are //in //parallel.
•airway /
/radius /
/is /
/large /
/and /
/gas /
/viscosity /
/is /
/increased //- /
/correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //airway //radius //is //large //and //the //length //of //the //tube //is //small
as /
/the /
/lungs /
/fill /
/with /
/air /
/and //we //move //from //a //low //lung //volume //to //higher //lung //volumes, //airway //resistance //will...
•increase //linearly
•decrease //exponentially
•increase //exponentially
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // //
the //vast //majority //of //the //total //surface //area //of //the //lung //is //found //in //the...
•trachea
•segmental //bronchi
•terminal //bronchioles
•alveoli //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //alveoli
all //of //the //following //can //be //measured //via //spirometry //EXCEPT...
•tidal //volume //(TV)
•vital //capacity //(VC)
•functional //residual //capacity //(FRC)
•inspiratory //capacity //(IC)
•expiratory /
/reserve //volume //(ERV) //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //functional //residual //capacity //(FRC)
which //of //the //following //is //a //muscle //that //is //used //for //expiration?
•sternocleidomastoid
•external //obliques
•diaphragm
•external //intercostals
,•scalenus //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //external //obliques
what //is //the //transpulmonary //pressure //(PTP) //if //pleural //pressure //is //-
7 //cm //H2O //and //alveolar //pressure //is //-3 //cm //H2O?
•+10 //cm //H2O
•+4 //cm //H2O
•-10 //cm //H2O
•-4 //cm //H2O
•0 //cm //H2O //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //+4 //cm //H2O
a/
/lung /
/compliance /
/test /
/indicates /
/that //
a //
3/
/cm /
/H2O /
/change /
/in /
/transpulmonary /
/pressure /
/generates //a //0.9 //liter //change //in //lung //volume. //what //is //this //patient's //lung //compliance?
•0.2 //liters //of //air/cm //H2O
•0.2 //cm //H2O/liter //of //air
•3.33 //cm //H2O/liter //of //air
•0.3 //liters //of //air/cm //H2O
, •2.7 //liters //of //air/cm //H2O //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //0.3 //liters //of //air/cm //H2O
airway /
/resistance //across //a //set //of //airways //is //lowest //under //which //of //the //following //conditions?
•airway //radius //is //large //and //the //length //of //the //tube //is //large
•airway //radius //is //large //and //the //length //of //the //tube //is //small
•airway //radius //is //small //and //airways //are //in //series.
•airway //radius //is //small //and //airways //are //in //parallel.
•airway /
/radius /
/is /
/large /
/and /
/gas /
/viscosity /
/is /
/increased //- /
/correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //airway //radius //is //large //and //the //length //of //the //tube //is //small
as /
/the /
/lungs /
/fill /
/with /
/air /
/and //we //move //from //a //low //lung //volume //to //higher //lung //volumes, //airway //resistance //will...
•increase //linearly
•decrease //exponentially
•increase //exponentially
