Difficult Airway 1 - Mechanical Ventilation - Pt. 1

Question 1

This is the movement of air in and out of the lungs

Answer 1

ventilation

Question 2

This is the exchange of gas across the alveolar membrane

Answer 2

respiration

Question 3

This is the divider between the upper and lower airways

Answer 3

glottic opening

Question 4

This is the point where cartilagenous rings of the airway disappear

Answer 4

tertiary bronchi/bronchioles

Question 5

What maintains airway diameter at the level of the bronchioles?

Answer 5

smooth muscle

Question 6

During inhalation, the diaphragm (relaxes/contracts) and the pressure within the chest cavity/lungs (increases/decreases).

Answer 6

contracts; decreases

Question 7

Inhalation is a ______ pressure event.

Answer 7

negative

Question 8

List the acc. muscles of inspiration.

Answer 8

sternocleidomastoid; pectoralis minor

Question 9

List the acc. muscles of exhalation.

Answer 9

abdominal m.; quadratus lumborum

Question 10

In addition to increasing the size of the chest cavity, inspiration also _____.

Answer 10

pulls blood into the heart via the inferior vena cava