Respiratory Cloze Delete - Sheet1 Flashcards
Q: As a result of inadequate surfactant, the alveoli of premature infants cannot remain open. This disorder, called ____, results in blue skin color and labored breathing.
A: Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Q: ____ is the ease with which the lungs and thoracic wall can be expanded.
A: Compliance.
Q: Any condition that obstructs the air passageway increases ____, and more pressure is required to force air through.
A: Resistance.
Q: ____ is normal variation in breathing rate and depth.
A: Eupnea.
Q: ____ refers to breath holding.
A: Apnea.
Q: ____ relates to painful or difficult breathing.
A: Dyspnea.
Q: ____ involves a rapid breathing rate.
A: Tachypnea.
Q: ____ breathing requires combinations of various patterns of intercostal and extracostal muscles, usually during the need for increased ventilation, as with exercise.
A: Costal breathing.
Q: ____ breathing is the usual mode of operation to move air by contracting and relaxing the diaphragm to change the lung volume.
A: Diaphragmatic breathing.
Q: Air volumes exchanged during breathing and rate of ventilation are measured with a ____.
A: Spirometer or respirometer.
Q: Pulmonary lung ____ is the sum of two or more volumes.
A: Capacities.
Q: The ____ volume of respiration is the total volume of air taken in during one minute.
A: Minute.
Q: According to ____, each gas in a mixture of gases exerts its own pressure as if all the other gases were not present.
A: Dalton’s Law.
Q: ____ law states that the quantity of a gas that will dissolve in a liquid is proportional to the partial pressure of the gas and its solubility coefficient.
A: Henry’s Law.
Q: External respiration results in the conversion of ____ blood into ____ blood.
A: Deoxygenated; oxygenated.
Q: External respiration depends on partial pressure differences, a large ____ for gas exchange, a small diffusion distance across the alveolar-capillary membrane, and the solubility and molecular weight of the gases.
A: Surface area.
