Respiratory System

Question 1

What is the purpose of the nasal concha?

Question 2

What are the three functions of the sinuses

Question 3

List the three tonsils and indicate where they are located

Question 4

Name the two parts of the serosal membrane covering the lungs

Question 5

What are the mechanical events that result in inspiration? What happens to the size of the thoracic cavity and lungs volumes during inspiration. Why does intrapulmonary pressure drop with the events of inspiration?

Question 6

What are the mechanical events that result in expiration? What happens to the size of the thoracic cavity and lungs volumes during expiration. Why does intrapulmonary pressure rise with the events of inspiration?

Question 7

Define and give the normal range of tidal volume

Question 8

Define and give the normal range of inspiratory reserve volume

Question 9

Define and give the normal range of expiratory reserve volume

Question 10

Define and give the normal range of residual volume

Question 11

Define and give the normal range of vital capacity

Question 12

Define and give the normal range of total lung capacity

Question 13

Define and give the normal range of dead space volume

Question 14

What are the three parts of the respiratory membrane?

Question 15

What is your factor and what is its role?

Question 16

What is hemoglobin called when it’s carrying oxygen and when it’s not carrying oxygen

Question 17

How is carbon dioxide carried in the blood stream? In what form is the majority of the carbon dioxide carried?

Question 18

How does hypo or hyperventilation affect CO2 levels and the pH of the body?

Question 19

What is the force that drives the gasses to leave the lungs and/or the tissues? What direction does oxygen move at the lungs vs at the tissues? What direction does CO2 move at the lungs vs at the tissues?

Question 20

Describe the main stimulus for breathing and where is the respiratory center found in the brain? What nerve goes to the ribs? What nerve goes to the diaphragm?

Question 21

Describe asthma and it’s cause

Question 22

Describe emphysema and it’s cause

Question 23

Describe chronic obstructive, pulmonary disease and its cause

Question 24

Describe cystic fibrosis and it’s cause

Question 25

Describe primary lung cancer versus metastatic, lung, cancer, and their cause