CXR & ABD RAD 1 Info

Question 1

What does body habitus determine?

Answer 1

The shape, position, and movement of the internal organs

Question 2

Sthenic body types have _______ lungs and a _____ diaphragm

Answer 2

• Moderately length
• Moderately high

Question 3

Asthenic body types have _______ lungs with _____ above clavicles, and may be _______ above base. With a _____ diaphragm

Answer 3

• Long
• Apices
• Broader
• Low

Question 4

Whats the intermediate between sthenic and asthenic?

Answer 4

Hyposthenic

Question 5

Hypersthenic body types have _______ lungs with apices _____ clavicles and a _____ diaphragm

Answer 5

• Short
• At or near
• High

Question 6

What is the mediastinum?

Answer 6

Space between two pleural cavities

Question 7

How many chamber are in the thoracic cavity?

Answer 7

3

Question 8

What are the 3 separate chambers in the thoracic cavity?

Answer 8

• Pericardial
• Right Pleural cavity
• Left pleural cavity

Question 9

What does the diaphragm separate?

Answer 9

The thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity

Question 10

What does the thoracic cavity contain?

Answer 10

The lungs and heart

Question 11

What binds the thoracic cavity?

Answer 11

The walls of the thorax

Question 12

The thoracic cavity extends from the _______ to the _______

Answer 12

• Superior thoracic aperture
• Inferior thoracic aperture

Question 13

Whats the purpose of the respiratory system?

Answer 13

The exchange of gaseous substances between the air and blood

Question 14

What does the respiratory consist of?

Answer 14

• Pharynx
• Trachea
• Bronchi
• Lungs

Question 15

Where does the trachea lie?

Answer 15

Midline, anterior to the esophagus

Question 16

How large is the diameter of the trachea?

Answer 16

Apprx 1/2”

Question 17

What is the length of the trachea?

Answer 17

4 1/2”

Question 18

Which aspect of the trachea is flat

Answer 18

Posterior

Question 19

How many rings are in the trachea?

Answer 19

16-20

Question 20

What is the trachea?

Answer 20

A fibrous, muscular tube with 16-20 rings in its wall for strength

Question 21

What is the carina?

Answer 21

A hook-like process on the last cartilage

Question 22

Where does the trachea divide?

Answer 22

At the carina

Question 23

What does the trachea divide into?

Answer 23

Right and left primary bronchus

Question 24

Where does the bronchus enter?

Answer 24

The lungs

Question 25

How many subdivisions are there of the bronchial tree?

Answer 25

5

Question 26

What are the subdivisions of the bronchiole tree called?

Answer 26

- Primary bronchi - Secondary bronchi - Tertiary bronchi - Bronchioles - Terminal bronchioles

Question 27

What do terminal bronchioles communicate with?

Answer 27

Alveolar ducts

Question 28

The ______ bronchus is shorter, wider, and more vertical than _____

Answer 28

- Right - Left

Question 29

What makes it easier for foreign bodies to enter the right bronchus?

Answer 29

Position and size

Question 30

What are the lungs?

Answer 30

Organs of respiration

Question 31

What is the superior portion of the lungs called?

Answer 31

Apex

Question 32

Whats the inferior portion of the lungs called?

Answer 32

Base

Question 33

Whats are the sides of the lungs called?

Answer 33

Costophrenic angles

Question 34

What is the medial border of the lungs called?

Answer 34

Hilum

Question 35

Which is the shorter lung?

Answer 35

Right

Question 36

The right lung is ____ shorter and ____ than the left

Answer 36

- 1" - Broader

Question 37

Why is the right lung shorter than the left?

Answer 37

Because of the liver

Question 38

Which way do the lungs more during Inspiration?

Answer 38

Inferiorly

Question 39

Which way do the lung move during expiration?

Answer 39

Superiorly

Question 40

How many lobes does the right lung have?

Answer 40

3

Question 41

How many lobes does the left lung have?

Answer 41

2

Question 42

What are the lungs enclosed in?

Answer 42

A double walled serous membrane sac called the pleura

Question 43

What is the pleura?

Answer 43

A double walled serous membrane sac the encloses the lungs

Question 44

What is the inner layer of the pleura?

Answer 44

Visceral pleura

Question 45

What is the outer layer of the pleura?

Answer 45

Parietal pleura

Question 46

What is seen in the right lung?

Answer 46

- Apex - Superior lobe - Middle Lobe - Inferior lobe - Horizontal fissure - Oblique fissure - Costophrenic angle

Question 47

What is seen in the left lung?

Answer 47

- Apex - Superior lobe - Inferior lobe - Oblique fissure - Cardiac notch - Costophrenic angle