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Pulmonology

Subject : health-sciences
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cyanosis is caused by






2. Cyanosis appears when






3. residual volume






4. Continuous lung sounds often audible at the...






5. The accessory muscles are the...






6. What may prevent cyanosis from appearing?






7. Restrictive Disease: Expiratory volume is reduced more than






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

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9. Rhonchi frequently clear after






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






11. Orthopnea is quantified by






12. PAO2






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






14. Inspiratory stridor indicates






15. Airway resistance refers to...






16. Central cyanosis results from






17. Bronchial breath sounds






18. The trachea divides into right and left mainstem bronchi At what level?






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






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






21. Auscultation of the chest depends on...






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






23. The external intercostal muscles increase the antero-posterior chest diameter during






24. The muscles of expiration are the...






25. increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity by flattening the diaphragm and elevating the ribs






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






27. The normal FEV1 /FVC ratio is...






28. Bohr Effect of pH: left shift






29. normal adult tidal volume






30. within limits - increased temperature =






31. Respiration involves






32. The main bronchi are divided into smaller branches that begin to subdivide into






33. FEV1% in obstructive disease






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






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






36. forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)






37. Coarse crackles are heard in






38. The muscles of inspiration are the...






39. Patients with restrictive disease have low






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






41. total lung capacity (TLC)






42. The trachea bifurcates into its mainstem bronchi at the level of...






43. Normal lung sounds






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






45. Bronchophony






46. The diaphragm contracts and moves downward during inspiration - lowering the abdominal contents to...






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






48. The vital capacity and the residual volume together constitute the...






49. Flow-Volume Curve: On a normal graph - the flow-volume curve is...






50. vital capacity (VC)