Test your basic knowledge |

Pulmonology

Subject : health-sciences
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Simple - objective - noninvasive diagnostic test can be performed with relative ease on patients who present with respiratory-related symptoms






2. The pattern of breathing refers to...






3. PaCO2






4. Cyanosis






5. The most reliable site for detecting central cyanosis is the...






6. The purpose of respiration is to...






7. vital capacity (VC)






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


9. Inspiratory stridor indicates






10. Percussion helps you establish whether the underlying tissues are...






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






12. An SaO2 of 90% correlates with a PaO2 as low as 59 and requires






13. Oxygen moves from the...






14. Apnea is defined as






15. dead space ventilation






16. Does lung tissue have pain fibers?






17. PACO2






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






19. The best indicator of adequate ventilation is the...






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






21. Carbon dioxide moves from the...






22. Dyspnea is defined as






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






24. Rhonchi occur during






25. Central cyanosis results from






26. Auscultation of the chest depends on...






27. Hyperventilation is defined as






28. Restrictive Disease: Expiratory volume is reduced more than






29. Late inspiratory crackles result from






30. Bohr Effect of pH: right shift






31. the lingula is analogous to...






32. Orthopnea is defined as






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






34. Rhonchi originate in the...






35. Bohr Effect of pH: left shift






36. Which lung has a horizontal fissure?






37. 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






38. Spirometry is useful in distinguishing






39. The accessory muscles are the...






40. Coarse crackles are heard in






41. The tracheo-bronchial tree is a tubular system that provides a pathway for






42. The upper airway accounts For what % of airway resistance?






43. Airway resistance refers to...






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






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






46. Cyanosis is caused by






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






48. Cyanosis appears when






49. normal subjects expel approximately how much of the FVC in the 1st second?






50. expiratory reserve