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Pulmonology

Subject : health-sciences
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Vesicular breath sounds






2. HCO3






3. Normal lung sounds






4. The muscles of inspiration are the...






5. Which bronchus is more susceptible to aspiration of foreign bodies?






6. Auscultation of the chest depends on...






7. Spirometry can be used to determine the severity of functional impairment as well as






8. Nitroglycerin applied to the probe area has been reported to...






9. Orthopnea is defined as






10. Continuous lung sounds






11. Compliance






12. most important factor that influences the oxygen carrying capacity of hemoglobin






13. Cyanosis is caused by






14. Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND) is...






15. Bronchophony






16. Pulse oximetry determines the percent of hemoglobin saturated with oxygen by way of...






17. Which bronchus is wider - shorter - and more vertically placed?






18. high CO2 = high acidity =






19. inspiratory reserve






20. Late inspiratory crackles result from






21. Discontinuous lung sounds are...






22. Expiratory stridor indicates






23. Spirometry is useful in distinguishing






24. With restrictive disease - the flow-volume curve is...






25. The volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of normal expiration is called the...






26. forced vital capacity (FVC)






27. the process by which gases in the alveoli and the blood exchange by way of the alveolar-capillary membrane






28. Carbon dioxide moves from the...






29. Internationally recognized guidelines for management of asthma and COPD recommend the use of...






30. Oxygen moves from the...






31. Resistance is dependent upon






32. Patients with restrictive disease have low






33. A state-of-the-art - inexpensive - non-invasive - simple method to monitor a patient's percent hemoglobin saturation with oxygen (SaO2) - without having to obtain an arterial blood specimen






34. Pulmonary ventilation is varied by






35. Chest Radiography: The most common chest X-ray series is the...






36. The parietal pleura lines the...






37. During expiration - thoracic cavity volume decreases - and the intrapulmonary pressure becomes greater than






38. forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)






39. Abnormal lung sounds AKA

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40. Typically - in the presence of obstructive disease - the flow-volume curve looks

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41. What may prevent cyanosis from appearing?






42. Rhonchi occur during






43. The interspace between two ribs (intercostal space) is numbered by






44. The muscles of expiration are the...






45. Cyanosis appears when






46. Coarse crackles result from






47. movement of blood through the capillaries in direct communication with the alveoli






48. Continuous lung sounds occur when air flows rapidly through bronchi that are...






49. Boyle's Gas Law






50. Coarse crackles are...