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Pulmonology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Apnea is defined as






2. What change occurs when fluid or solid tissue replaces air-containing lung or occupies the pleural space beneath your percussing fingers?






3. Respiration involves






4. residual volume






5. The active movement of gases between the ambient air and the lungs






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






7. Airway resistance refers to...






8. forced vital capacity (FVC)






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






10. Auscultation of the chest depends on...






11. Rhonchi frequently clear after






12. The presence of pressure gradients causes respiratory gases to move from






13. The movement of air back and forth from the deepest reaches of the alveoli to the outside environment






14. What is the potential space between the visceral and parietal pleurae?






15. Which lobe has an inferior tongue-like projection called the lingula?






16. Tachypnea is an






17. The lungs are paired - cone-shaped organs in the thoracic cavity separated By what space?






18. the lingula is analogous to...






19. Bronchophony






20. Rhonchi occur during






21. Rhonchi






22. inspiratory reserve






23. vital capacity (VC)






24. A normal volume-time curve rises






25. Discontinuous lung sounds are also called

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26. Restrictive disease refers to...






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






28. Pulse Oximetry: The amount of absorption differs depending on whether the hemoglobin is...






29. PAO2






30. Cyanosis






31. total lung capacity (TLC)






32. Carbon dioxide moves from the...






33. Boyle's Gas Law






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






35. Abnormal lung sounds are classified as






36. PACO2






37. Rhonchi originate in the...






38. Orthopnea is quantified by






39. Simple - objective - noninvasive diagnostic test can be performed with relative ease on patients who present with respiratory-related symptoms






40. Which lung has an oblique fissure?






41. Bohr Effect of pH: right shift






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






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

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44. dead space ventilation






45. The parietal pleura lines the...






46. Examples of restrictive disease






47. Spirometry plots






48. Continuous lung sounds






49. Abnormal lung sounds AKA

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50. PaO2