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Pulmonology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. increased volume results in






2. The trachea divides into






3. FEV1/FVC






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






5. forced vital capacity (FVC)






6. Spirometry is useful in distinguishing






7. Airway resistance refers to...






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






9. Rhonchi






10. PaCO2






11. Obstructive Disease: Expiratory airflow is reduced more than






12. Restrictive Disease: Expiratory volume is reduced more than






13. Vesicular breath sounds






14. The accessory muscles are the...






15. The primary muscles of respiration are the...






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






17. hypocapnia






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






19. Cyanosis is caused by






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






21. Cyanosis






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






23. forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)






24. PaO2






25. Discontinuous lung sounds are also called

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26. Bohr Effect of pH is graphed as






27. PACO2






28. The parietal pleura lines the...






29. Pulse oximetry limitations: what may be misinterpreted as oxygenated hemoglobin?






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






31. Bronchophony






32. within limits - increased temperature =






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






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

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






36. Bohr Effect of pH: left shift






37. Cyanosis appears when






38. inspiratory reserve






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






40. Inspiratory stridor becomes evident at about






41. Rhonchi occur during






42. Bronchiovesicular breath sounds






43. Pectoriloquy






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






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






46. Orthopnea is defined as






47. Fine crackles are...






48. Resistance is dependent upon






49. Respiration involves






50. Continuous lung sounds occur during...