QUIZ 1

Question 1

What makes up the chest/thorax? (Name the bones)

Answer 1

Sternum, manubrium, xiphoid process, 12 pairs of ribs. (Connected by costal cartilage)

Question 2

What are the primary muscles of respiration?

Answer 2

Diaphragm ( contracts during inspiration ) , external intercostals.

Question 3

The external intercostal muscles increase the ______________ during inspiration.

Answer 3

Anteroposterior chest diameter

Question 4

What muscles decrease the transverse chest diameter during expiration?

Answer 4

Interior intercostal muscles

Question 5

What muscles during respiration are brought into play when there are pulmonary problems and compromise. ?

Answer 5

SCM and trapezius

Question 6

What is situation between the lungs and contains all thoracic viscera except _______?

Answer 6

Mediastinum, lungs.

Question 7

The lungs are enclosed by what?

Answer 7

Serous membrane

Question 8

Are the lungs symmetrical?

Answer 8

No, they’re paired though. (Right lung 3 lodges, left lung 2 lobes and a lingua.)

Question 9

About how many alveoli are found in a lobe of an adult?

Answer 9

300 million

Question 10

At what level does the trachea bifurcate?

Answer 10

T4 or T5 (below the manubriosternal joint)

Question 11

How many main bronchi on left and right?

Answer 11

3 on right, 2 on left

Question 12

What bronchus is more susceptible to aspiration of foreign bodies?

Answer 12

Right

Question 13

At what intercostal space are the nipples for males?

Answer 13

4th

Question 14

At what intercostal space is the manubriosternal junction?

Answer 14

2nd

Question 15

The apex of the lungs sits partially above what?

Answer 15

The clavicle.

Question 16

Relative decrease in pulmonary pressure most often leads to closure of what minutes after birth?

Answer 16

Foramen ovale

Question 17

Increased oxygen tension in the arterial blood usually stimulates contraction and closure of what?

Answer 17

Ductus arteriosus

Question 18

Chest circumference is same as head circumference until about what year of age?

Answer 18

2

Question 19

What an atomic changes happen in the chest of a pregnant woman?

Answer 19

Lower ribs flare, diaphragm rises, diaphragm movement increases so that major work of breaking is done by the diaphragm, respiratory rate remains the same, minute ventilation increases.

Question 20

In an older adult what can results in barrel chest?

Answer 20

Loss of muscle strength in thorax and diaphragm and loss of lung resiliency

Question 21

In an older adult there is a ______in vital capacity and a ________in residual volume.

Answer 21

Decrease, increase

Question 22

What is the order of examinations for respiratory unit?

Answer 22

Inspection, palpation, perfusion, auscultation

Question 23

What is barrel chest?

Answer 23

Anteroposterior is larger than transverse diameter

Question 24

What are some peripheral clues that may suggest pulmonary difficulties ?

Answer 24

Clubbing of fingers, odor of breath, cyanosis or parlor of skin and nails, pursing of lips, flaring of nostrils