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Respiratory

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What are the causes of hypoxia






2. What is the most common cancerous lesion in the lun






3. What spinal nerves innvervate the diaphragm and where can pain from the diaphragm be referred






4. What is the formula for pulm vasc resistance






5. What are fat emboli associated with






6. What happens in perfusion limited circulatioin and which gases does this apply to...






7. What cells make surfactant and At what week is produced most abundantly






8. Chronic bronchitis is a disease of what kind of airways






9. What is the airway and alveolar pressure at FRC - What is the intrapleural pressure - and What does that prevent






10. What causes secondary pulm HTN






11. What is central sleep apnea






12. What kind of connection exists between endothelial cells in the capilaries






13. What is positive cooperativity of hemoglobin refer to...






14. What is the main complication of therapeutic supplemental O2?






15. How is pulmonary circulation characterized in terms of resistance and compliance






16. What increases the risk of PDA in neonatal RDS






17. What organism thrives in high O2 and where in the lung does it flourish






18. What kind of pleural plaques are the result of asbestosis






19. What area of the lung is the largest physiologic contributor of fxnal dead space






20. What cells in the lung produce surfactant and What does it do






21. What is a lung abscess and What does usually result from






22. In which zone of the lung is Pa > Pv >PA






23. What is surfactant made of...






24. What is the ideal V/Q ratio and why






25. What lab ration indicates fetal lung maturity






26. What does the law of Laplace state about tendency of alveoli to collapse






27. A carcinoma in the apex of the lung can cause what syndrome and What is the tumor called


28. What is the appoximate O2 binding capacity






29. Susceptibility to what infection is increased in silicosis and why






30. An increase in all things (except pH) causes what shift in the O2 curve - What does a decrease in all things (except pH) cause






31. Which structures perforate the diaphragm and where






32. What accounts for the sigmoid shaped O2 dissociation curve with hemoglobin






33. How do you prevent DVT






34. Where are ventilation and perfusion highest in the lung - respectively






35. What is pulmonary surfactant made of - and What does it do






36. What is hemoglobin composed of...






37. What is the course of of pulm HTN






38. What do hemoglobin modifacations lead to...






39. How does recurrent thromboemboli cause pulm HTN






40. What is the criteria for chronic bronchitis






41. Define expiratory reserve volume (ERV)






42. What happens to bicarb once it is created in an RBC






43. What cellular changes occur at high altitude






44. increases In what substances favor the taut form of hemoglobin and which direction does that shift the O2 dissociation curve






45. If you aspirate a peanut while upright - where will it go






46. Other than surfactant - what other important substances are produced by the lungs






47. What is nl pulmonary artery pressure and At what point is it considered pulm HTN






48. What kind of space is in the conducting tree and what kind of muscle exists there






49. Define total lung capcaity






50. What does the conducting zone consist of...