exam 5 Flashcards
surfactant is produced by
type 2 cells
oxyhemoglobin shift to the right
decreased affinity for oxygen
oxyhemoglobin shift to the left
increased affinity for oxygen
is asthma reversible
yes
Abnormal permanent enlargement of the gas-exchange airways accompanied by the destruction of the alveolar walls without obvious fibrosis
Emphysema
in the bladder the _____ nerves help with emptying
parasympathetic
nephrons are lost with ____
age
constricts resistant vessels increase systemic vascular resistance
stimulates sodium transport for reabsorption in renal absorption
helps release aldosterone
vasopressin
increases fluid retention
stimulates thirst centers
cardiac and vascular hypertrophy
angiotensin
Primary function is to establish a hyperosmotic state within the medullary interstitial fluid.
Loop of Henle
RIFLE
AKI
Risk; Injury; Failure; Loss; End-stage disease
hyperkalemia is associated with what condition
AKI
- What pulmonary defense mechanism propels a mucous blanket that entraps particles moving
toward the oropharynx?\
a. Nasal turbinates
b. Alveolar macrophages
c. Cilia
d. Irritant receptors on the nares
c. Cilia
Which term is used to identify the movement of gas and air into and out of the lungs?
a. Perfusion
b. Ventilation
c. Respiration
d. Diffusion
b. Ventilation
When an individual aspirates food particles, where would the healthcare professional expect to hear decreased or absent breath sounds?
a. Left lung
b. Right lung
c. Trachea
d. Carina
b. Right lung
Air passage among alveoli is collateral and evenly distributed because of the function of which structures?
a. Type I alveolar cells
b. Pores of Kohn
c. Acinus pores
d. Alveolar pores
b. Pores of Kohn
. Where in the lung does gas exchange occur?
a. Trachea
b. Segmental bronchi
c. Alveolocapillary membrane
d. Main bronchus
c. Alveolocapillary membrane
Surfactant produced by type II alveolar cells facilitates alveolar distention and ventilation by which mechanism?
a. Decreasing thoracic compliance
b. Attracting water to the alveolar surface
c. Decreasing surface tension in the alveoli
d. Increasing surface tension in the alveoli
c. Decreasing surface tension in the alveoli
Which part of the brainstem provides basic automatic rhythm of respiration by sending efferent impulses to the diaphragm and intercostal muscles?
a. Dorsal respiratory group (DRG)
b. Ventral respiratory group (VRG)
c. Pneumotaxic center
d. Apneustic center
b. Ventral respiratory group (VRG)
Which structures secrete surfactant?
a. Type I alveolar cells
b. Type II alveolar cells
c. Alveolar macrophages
d. Stretch receptors
b. Type II alveolar cells
Which describes the pressure in the pleural space?
a. Atmospheric
b. Below atmospheric
c. Above atmospheric
d. Variable
b. Below atmospheric
A healthcare professional wants to determine the adequacy of a person’s alveolar ventilation. What assessment finding is most important for the professional to consider?
a. Respiratory rate of 12 breaths/min
b. Ventilatory pattern is regular and rhythmic.
c. Respiratory effort is strained with muscle involvement.
d. Arterial blood gas shows a PaCO2 of 44 mmHg
d. Arterial blood gas shows a PaCO2 of 44 mmHg
Which normal physiologic change occurs in the aging pulmonary system?
a. Decreased flow resistance
b. Fewer alveoli
c. Stiffening of the chest wall
d. Improved elastic recoil
c. Stiffening of the chest wall
How is most of the oxygen in the blood transported?
a. Dissolved in plasma
b. Bound to hemoglobin
c. In the form of carbon dioxide (CO2)
d. Bound to protein
b. Bound to hemoglobin
Stretch receptors and peripheral chemoreceptors send afferent impulses regarding ventilation to
which location in the brain?
a. Pneumotaxic center in the pons
b. Apneustic center in the pons
c. Dorsal respiratory group (DRG) in the medulla oblongata
d. Ventral respiratory group (VRG) in the medulla oblongata
c. Dorsal respiratory group (DRG) in the medulla oblongata
If a patient develops acidosis, the nurse would expect the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve to react in which manner?
a. Shift to the right, causing more oxygen (O2) to be released to the cells
b. Shift to the left, allowing less O2 to be released to the cells
c. Show no change, allowing the O2 concentration to remain stable
d. Show dramatic fluctuation, allowing the O2 concentration to increase
a. Shift to the right, causing more oxygen (O2) to be released to the cells
The sternocleidomastoid and scalene muscles are referred to as which group?
a. Diaphragmatic muscles
b. Muscles of expiration
c. Intercostal muscles
d. Accessory muscles of inspiration
d. Accessory muscles of inspiration
A newborn has alveolar collapse, decreased lung expansion, increased work of breathing, and severe gas-exchange abnormalities and the student asks the healthcare professional for an explanation of what is happening. What response by the professional is best?
a. A decrease in lung compliance from the trauma of a long childbirth process
b. A traumatic pneumothorax from a prolonged and difficult labor
c. Damage done to the alveoli from exposure to supplemental oxygen at birth
d. Lack of surfactant leading to increased alveolar surface tension and fluid collection
d. Lack of surfactant leading to increased alveolar surface tension and fluid collection
The student asks the professor to explain what characteristic is demonstrated by lungs with decreased compliance?
a. Difficult deflation
b. Easy inflation
c. Stiffness
d. Inability to diffuse oxygen
c. Stiffness
The lung is innervated by the parasympathetic nervous system via which nerve?
a. Vagus
b. Phrenic
c. Brachial
d. Pectoral
a. Vagus
What event is characteristic of the function in Zone 1 of the lung?
a. Blood flow through the pulmonary capillary bed increases in regular increments.
b. Alveolar pressure is lesser than venous and arterial pressures.
c. The capillary bed collapses, and normal blood flow ceases.
d. Blood flows through Zone 1, but it is impeded by alveolar pressure.
c. The capillary bed collapses, and normal blood flow ceases.
Hypoventilation that results in the retention of carbon dioxide will stimulate which receptors in an attempt to maintain a normal homeostatic state?
a. Irritant receptors
b. Central chemoreceptors
c. Peripheral chemoreceptors
d. Stretch receptors
b. Central chemoreceptors
What is the most important cause of pulmonary artery constriction?
a. Low alveolar partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO2)
b. Hyperventilation
c. Respiratory alkalosis
d. Epinephrine
a. Low alveolar partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO2)
A healthcare professional tells the student that a properly placed endotracheal tube for mechanical ventilation is 5 to 7 cm above the tracheal bifurcation. Where does this bifurcation occur?
a. Larynx
b. Bronchi
c. Carina
d. Nasopharynx
c. Carina
How low must the partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO2) drop before the peripheral chemoreceptors influence ventilation?
a. Below 100 mmHg
b. Below 80 mmHg
c. Below 70 mmHg
d. Below 60 mmHg
c. Below 70 mmHg
Which receptors are located in the smooth muscles of airways?
a. Central chemoreceptors
b. Stretch receptors
c. Peripheral chemoreceptors
d. J-receptors
b. Stretch receptors
Which receptors are located near the respiratory center?
a. Peripheral chemoreceptors
b. Stretch receptors
c. Central chemoreceptors
d. J-receptors
c. Central chemoreceptors
Which receptors are located in the aortic bodies, aortic arch, and carotid bodies?
a. Central chemoreceptors
b. Stretch receptors
c. J-receptors
d. Peripheral chemoreceptors
d. Peripheral chemoreceptors
A patient is having a spirometry measurement done and asks the healthcare professional to explain this test. What response by the professional is best?
a. To evaluate the cause of hypoxia
b. To measure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration
c. To measure the gas diffusion rate at the alveolocapillary membrane
d. To determine pH and oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations
b. To measure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration
Which structures belong to the upper conduction airway? (Select all that apply.)
a. Oropharynx
b. Larynx
c. Nasopharynx
d. Trachea
e. Bronchi
a. Oropharynx
c. Nasopharynx
What does the pathophysiology student learn about the respiratory process referred to as remodeling? (Select all that apply.)
a. Remodeling involves the vascular walls.
b. Scarring and thickening occurs during this process.
c. Remodeling results in a permanent change.
d. Pulmonary artery hypotension results.
e. Remodeling increases blood flow resistance.
a. Remodeling involves the vascular walls.
b. Scarring and thickening occurs during this process.
c. Remodeling results in a permanent change.
e. Remodeling increases blood flow resistance.
A healthcare professional who works in a senior center knows about the effects of aging on the
pulmonary system, which include which of these? (Select all that apply.)
a. Decreased chest wall compliance
b. Decreased lung recoil
c. Reduced ventilatory reserve
d. Decreased partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO2)
e. Reduced respiratory rate
a. Decreased chest wall compliance
b. Decreased lung recoil
c. Reduced ventilatory reserve
d. Decreased partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO2)
Which of these cause the airway epithelium to constrict? (Select all that apply.)
a. Histamines
b. Prostaglandins
c. Alveolar alkalosis
d. Alveolar acidosis
e. Serotonin
a. Histamines
b. Prostaglandins
c. Alveolar alkalosis
e. Serotonin
Oxyhemoglobin association and dissociation
Shift to the left depicts the hemoglobin’s________ affinity for oxygen, which promotes association in the lungs and inhibits dissociation in the tissues.
increased
Oxyhemoglobin association and dissociation
Shift to the right depicts the hemoglobin’s _______ affinity for oxygen or an increase in the ease with which oxyhemoglobin dissociates and oxygen moves into the cells.
decreased
Which immunoglobulin (Ig) may contribute to the pathophysiologic characteristics of asthma?
a. IgA
b. IgE
c. IgG
d. IgM
b. IgE
A healthcare professional is educating a patient about asthma. The professional states that good control is necessary due to which pathophysiologic process?
a. Norepinephrine causes bronchial smooth muscle contraction and mucus secretion but it also causes high blood pressure.
b. Uncontrolled inflammation leads to increased bronchial hyperresponsiveness and eventual scarring.
c. The release of epinephrine leads to development of cardiac dysrhythmias.
d. Immunoglobulin G causes smooth muscle contraction which will eventually weaken the respiratory muscles.
b. Uncontrolled inflammation leads to increased bronchial hyperresponsiveness and eventual scarring.
A healthcare professional is educating a patient on asthma. The professional tells the patient that the most successful treatment for chronic asthma begins with which action?
a. Avoidance of the causative agent
b. Administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics
c. Administration of drugs that reduce bronchospasm
d. Administration of drugs that decrease airway inflammation
a. Avoidance of the causative agent
The student learns that which inflammatory mediators are produced in asthma? (Select all that apply.)
a. Histamine
b. Bradykinin
c. Leukotrienes
d. Prostaglandins
e. Neutrophil proteases
a. Histamine
b. Bradykinin
c. Leukotrienes
d. Prostaglandins
What is the area of the kidneys that contains the glomeruli and portions of the tubules called?
a. Medulla
b. Cortex
c. Pyramids
d. Columns
b. Cortex
What is the functional unit of the kidney called?
a. Glomerulus
b. Nephron
c. Collecting duct
d. Pyramid
b. Nephron
What is the only surface inside the nephron where cells are covered with microvilli to increase the reabsorptive surface area called?
a. Proximal convoluted tubules
b. Distal tubules
c. Ascending loop of Henle
d. Descending loop of Henle
a. Proximal convoluted tubules
What part of the kidney controls renal blood flow, glomerular filtration, and renin secretion?
a. Macula densa
b. Visceral epithelium
c. Juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA)
d. Filtration slits
c. Juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA)
Innervation of the bladder and internal urethral sphincter is supplied by which nerves?
a. Peripheral nerves
b. Parasympathetic fibers
c. Sympathetic nervous system
d. Tenth thoracic nerve roots
b. Parasympathetic fibers
How much urine accumulates in the bladder before the mechanoreceptors sense bladder fullness?
a. 75 to 100 mL
b. 100 to 150 mL
c. 250 to 300 mL
d. 350 to 400 mL
c. 250 to 300 mL
What is the trigone?
a. A smooth muscle that comprises the orifice of the ureter
b. The inner mucosal lining of the kidneys
c. A smooth triangular area between the openings of the two ureters and the urethra
d. One of the three divisions of the loop of Henle
c. A smooth triangular area between the openings of the two ureters and the urethra