airway management

Question 1

laryngopharynx

Answer 1

provides structure and protects the opening of the trachea

point of division for upper and lower airway

Question 2

thyroid cartilage

Answer 2

protects the front of the larynx and forms the adam’s apple

Question 3

cricoid ring

Answer 3

a complete circle of cartilage that forms the lower aspect of the larynx and provides structure to the trachea

Question 4

lower airway

Answer 4

begins below the larynx

trachea, bronchial passages, alveoli

Question 5

What allows the bronchioles to change their internal diameter in response to specific stimulation?

Answer 5

smooth muscle

Question 6

How can altered mental status and neurologic disorders result in an obstructed airway?

Answer 6

lack of muscle tone causes the tongue to relax and fall back which causes the epiglottis to fall back and cover the opening to the trachea

Question 7

bronchoconstriction

Answer 7

contraction of the smooth muscle that lines the brocnial passages
decreased internal diameter of the airway
increased resistance to airflow
COMMON IN ASTHMA

Question 8

Sounds of partially obstructed airway

Answer 8

stridor
hoarseness
snoring
gurgling