Lecture 4 - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Question 1

What is COPD?

Answer 1

Coronary obstructive pulmonary disease

Question 2

What are the characteristics of some with COPD?

Answer 2

Raised shoulders and a low bmi

Question 3

What is chronic bronchitis?

Answer 3

Chronic or recurrent excessive mucus secretion in the bronchial tree

Question 4

What can chronic bronchitis lead to?

Answer 4

A decrease in the luminal diameter of the airways

Question 5

What can you see on a ct scan with chronic bronchitis?

Answer 5

Mucus plugging

Question 6

What goes together with chronic bronchitis?

Answer 6

Airflow limitations

Question 7

What is emphysema?

Answer 7

An increase in the size of bronchioles with destruction of their walls (destruction of the alveoli)

Question 8

How does emphysema cause airway construction?

Answer 8

By inflammation and narrowing of the airways (air way remodelling)

Question 9

What happens if there are holes in the lungs?

Answer 9

Can take away perfusion and ventilation

Question 10

What can affect gas transfer?

Answer 10

Emphysema

Question 11

What are the characteristics of airway obstruction?

Answer 11

Reduced FEV1 and FEV/FVC ratio

Question 12

What do small airways not have?

Answer 12

Cartilage

Question 13

What are small airways kept open by?

Answer 13

By the structures of the alveoli surrounding them

Question 14

What does emphysema cause?

Answer 14

Airway obstruction

Question 15

What is airway constriction?

Answer 15

Narrowing of airways

Question 16

What is airway obstruction?

Answer 16

Blockage of airways