Exam #3 old test Flashcards
Under normal conditions, airway resistance is highest in which segment of the conducting airway? A. Terminal bronchioles B. respiratory bronchioles C. Medium sized bronchi D. Primary bronchi
C. medium sized bronchi
Which of the following processes is not properly matches with its description?
A. Transport of respiratory gases: hemoglobin binds to O2
B. Pulmonary ventilation: bulk movement of gases
C. External resp: CO2 diffuses into blood stream
D. Internal resp: O2 diffuses out of the blood
C. external respiration: CO2 diffuses into the blood stream
Which of these cells would be most effective in the ingestion and disposal of microorganisms that may enter the alveoli? A. Type I alveolar cells B. epithelial cells C. Type II alveolar cells D. Alveolar macrophages
D. Alveolar macrophages
What type of epithelial tissue forms the walls of the alveoli?
Simple squamous epithelium
It is common in babies born prematurely that the walls of the alveoli cling to each other and make them difficult to inflate. What cells in these infants are NOT fully developed and are NOT doing their job? Type I or type II alveolar cells?
Type II alveolar cells
The main site of respiratory gas exchange is in the ______
Alveoli
Hemoglobin….
A. has give subunits
B. uses ATP to move oxygen from blood to body cells
C. is the site of cellular respiration
D. is a protein that can bind four molecules of oxygen
D. is a protein that can bind four molecules of oxygen
The pressure in the pleural cavity is called the \_\_\_\_\_ A. intrapleural pressure B. intrapulmonary pressure C. Interpleural pressure D. transpulmonary pressure
Intrapleural pressure`
The pressure in the pleural cavity is_____
A. always greater than the pressure in the alveoli
B. Less than the pressure in the alveoli and less than atmospheric pressure
C. greater than the pressure in the alveoli and less than atmospheric pressure
D. none of the above
Less than the pressure in the alveoli and less than atmospheric pressure
With pneumothorax, the lung collapses because….
A. intrapleural pressure is lower than transpulmonary pressure
B. Intrapleural pressure is higher than intrapulmonary pressure
C. Intrapulmonary pressure is lower than transpulm. pressure
D. Intrapulmonary pressure is higher than atmospheric pressure
Intrapleural pressure is higher than intrapulmonary pressure
Which of the following characteristics accurately describes Boyle’s law?
A. The pressure of gas in your lungs is inversely proportional to the volume in your lungs
B. How well a gas dissolves in a liquid such as blood depends on both its partial pressure and its solubility
C. The partial pressure of a gas in the air you breathe is in equal to the total atmospheric pressure times the fractional concentration of the gas
D. All of the above
A
Which of the following could be responsible for an increase in intrapulmonary pressure? A. A decrease in intrapleural pressure B. an increase in lung volume C. inspiration D. a decrease in lung volume
D. a decrease in lung volume
Which of the following pressures rises and falls with the phases of breathing but eventually equalizes with the atmospheric pressure? A. Intrapulmonary pressure B. Transpulmonary pressure C. intrapleural pressure D. atmospheric pressure
Intrapulmonary pressure
Which pressure must remain negative to prevent lung collapse?
Intrapleural pressure
Which of the following pressure relationships best illustrates when inspiration will occur? A. Ppul > Patm B. Ppul < Patm C. Ppul < Pip D. Ppul = Patm
Ppul < Patm
\_\_\_\_\_ pressure, the difference between the intrapulmonary and intrapleural pressures, prevents the lungs from collapsing A. transpulmonary B. Intra-alveolar C. Transthoracic D. Atmospheric
Transpulmonary
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the lungs and through all cell membranes by _______
Diffusion
What is the most common method of carbon dioxide transport?
A. Chemically bound to hemoglobin as oxyhemoglobin
B.. as bicarbonate ions in the plasma
C. Chemically bound to hemoglobin as carbaminohemoglobin
D. Dissolved in the plasma
Bicarbonate
What is the primary form in which oxygen is carried in the blood?
Chemically bound to hemoglobin
The red blood cell count increases after a while when an individual goes from a low to a high altitude because the…..
Concentration of oxygen and/or total atmospheric pressure is lower at higher altitudes
Which of the following is(are) obstructive conditions? A. An acute asthma attack B. emphysema and an acute asthma attack C. Emphysema D. exercise
B.
Which of the disorders below is characterized by destruction of the walls of the alveoli producing abnormally large air spaces that remain filled with air during exhalation? A. coryza B. tuberculosis C. emphysema D. Pneumonia
Emphysema
Which of the following is not correct about partial pressure?
A. There is a steep partial pressure gradient for O2 between blood and lungs
B. alveolar Po2 is higher than venous blood Po2
C. Alveolar Po2 is lower than venous blood Po2
D. Alveolar Pco2 is lower than venous blood Pco2
C. (note: oxygen is lower in venous blood because it just deposited most of its oxygen into the tissues and is now being carried back up towards the lung)
What is the leading cause of cancer deaths in america?
Lung cancer
Prof. Vezzoli just ate a meal high in complex carbohydrate. Which of the following enzymes will help to digest his meal? A. Trypsin B. cholecystokinin C. Amylase D. gastrin
C. amylase
Which of the following enzymes would be most active in the presence of a high concentration of protein fragments? A. Trypsin B. lipase C. vezzinase D. Amylase
Trypsin
Bile salts bind at their hydrophobic regions to large fat globules within the chyme that enters the duodenum. Bile salts break up the fat globule into smaller fat droplets. This role of bile salts is best described as A. lipid digestion B. lipid absorption C. lipid ingestion D. lipid emulsification
D. Emulsification
Which water soluble vitamins are absorbed in the small intestines? A. b complex and C vitamins B. vitamins C and D C. B complex and D vitamins D. vitamins A and E
A