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Pulmonology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Late inspiratory crackles result from






2. What may prevent cyanosis from appearing?






3. What chest radiography is used for unstable patients or those unable to stand during the X-ray?






4. Which lung has a horizontal fissure?






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






6. a visible and palpable angulation of the sternum - and the point at which the second rib articulates with the sternum






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


8. Spirometry plots






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






10. The pattern of breathing refers to...






11. Oximetry readings of < 94%






12. Coarse crackles result from






13. Bronchial breath sounds






14. Continuous lung sounds occur during...






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






16. Discontinuous lung sounds are...






17. Abnormal lung sounds AKA


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






19. The accessory muscles are the...






20. low CO2 = low acidity =






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






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






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






24. vital capacity (VC)






25. 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






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






27. The trachea is how long/wide?






28. PaCO2






29. The circulatory system transport of oxygen to - and carbon dioxide from - the peripheral tissues






30. 78.08% Atmospheric Composition






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






32. Restrictive Disease: Expiratory volume is reduced more than






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






34. Restrictive disease refers to...






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






36. Factors that influence the oxygen carrying capacity of hemoglobin






37. Apnea is defined as






38. Continuous lung sounds occur in the setting of...






39. the lingula is analogous to...






40. PAO2






41. Normal lung sounds






42. tidal volume (Vt)






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






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






45. The acini consist of the...






46. Sharp peaks and smooth descents on the flow-volume curves - and a flat plateau at the end of the volume-time curve suggests






47. Airway resistance refers to...






48. forced vital capacity (FVC)






49. Respiration involves






50. Hyperventilation is defined as