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ACTIVE LECTURE QUESTIONS Barbara Hunnicutt

Seminole Community College

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The Respiratory System

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What is the term for the collapse of the lungs?

a. Atelectasis

b. Pneumothorax

c. Pleurisy

d. Hypoxia

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Atelectasis is the term for lung collapse. Pneumothorax is air in the pleural cavity which leads to atelactasis.

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These projections on the inner walls of the nasal cavity increase air turbulence and increase surface area exposed to air.

a. Septum

b. Cristae galla

c. Conchae

d. Palatine process

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Conchae are the projections on the inner walls of the nasal cavity which increase air turbulence and increase the surface area exposed to air. The crista galla is located on the superior surface of the sphenoid bone.

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True or false? The right main bronchus is wider, shorter, and straighter than the left.

a. True

b. False

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True, the right main bronchus is wider, shorter, and straighter than the left. Thus aspirated objects are more likely to enter the right lung.

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Which of the following is the lining of the thoracic cavity?

a. Visceral peritoneum

b. Parietal peritoneum

c. Visceral pleura

d. Parietal pleura

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The lining of the thoracic cavity is called the parietal pleura. The peritoneum is in the abdominopelvic cavity.

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Inflammation of the lining of the lungs is called ______.

a. peritonitis

b. pericarditis

c. pneumonia

d. pleurisy

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Inflammation of the lining of the lungs is called pleurisy. Remember that the lining of the lungs is the pleural membrane. Pneumonia is a bacterial/viral infection of the lungs.

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At the end of a normal exhalation the diaphragm is _______.

a. elevated and dome shaped

b. elevated and flattened

c. depressed and dome shaped

d. depressed and flattened

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At the end of a normal exhalation the diaphragm is elevated and dome shaped. This decreases the size of the thoracic cavity.