Respiratory & Immune System Test PT.1 Flashcards
After a long bout of bronchitis, Ms. Dupee complains of a stabbing pain in her side with each breath. What is probable condition?
Pleurisy
Michael, who has been riding in the back of the station wagon, complains of a throbbing headache, A little later, he seems confused and his face is flushed. What is your diagnosis of Michael’s problem?
Suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Joanne Willis, a long-time smoker, is complaining that she has developed a persistent cough. What is your first guess as to her condition? What has happened to her bronchial cilia?
Chronic bronchitis; smoking inhibits ciliary action.
A new mother checks on her sleeping infant son, only to find that he has stopped breathing and is turning blue. The mother quickly picks up the baby and pats his back until he starts to breathe. What tragedy has been averted?
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Barbara is rushed to the emergency room after an auto accident. The 8th through 10th ribs on her left side have been fractured and have punctured the lung. What term is used to indicate lung collapse? Will both lungs collapse? Why or why not?
Atelectasis. The lungs are in seperate plueural cavities so only left lung collapses.
A young boy is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. What effect will this have on his respiratory system?
The mucus secreted by the respiratory mucosa will be abnormally thick and difficult to clear. As a result, respiratory passages will become blocked with mucus, which favors respiratory infections.
Mr. and Ms. Rao took their sick S-year-Old daughter to the doctor. The girl was breathing entirely through her mouth, her voice sounded odd and whiny, and a puslike fluid was dripping from her nose. Which one of the tonsils was most likely infected in this child?
The pharyngeal tonsils, which lie at the dorsal aspect of the nasal cavity.
Assume you are a second-year nursing student. As your assignment, you are asked to explain how a history of heavy smoking might interfere with a patient’s gas exchange.
- The mucus increases the thickness of the respiratory membrane, impairing the efficiency of gas diffusion and exchange.
- carbon monoxide competes with oxygen for binding sites on
hemoglobin. Also, smoking paralyzes the cilia, increasing the patient’s risk of passageway obstruction by mucus and infection.
Why does an emergency medical technician (EMT) administering a Breathalyzer test for alcohol ask the person being tested to expel one deep breath instead of several shallow ones?
Shallow breaths flush air out of dead space
A deeper breath is more likely to contain air containing alcohol that is vaporizing from the blood into the alveoli.
The cilia lining the respiratory passageways superior to the larynx beat inferiorly whereas those lining the larynx and below beat superiorly. What is the functional ”reason” for this difference?
Both sets of cilia move the mucus toward the esophagus where it can be swallowed. This prevents dust and germ-laden mucus from pooling in the lungs.
