Lungs

Question 1

What are the surfaces on each lung

Answer 1

Costal
Mediastinal
Diaphragmatic

Question 2

What boarder is the sharp thin boarder of the lung

Answer 2

Anterior

Question 3

What is the broad rounded boarder of the lung

Answer 3

Posterior

Question 4

Where is the hilum of the lung located?

Answer 4

on the mediastinal surface

Question 5

What is found in the hilum of the lung

Answer 5

Main bronchi, veins and arteries

Question 6

What structures form the root of the lung

Answer 6

Bronchi
pulmonary vessels
nerves
lymphatics

Question 7

What is the pulmonary ligament

Answer 7

A double layered membrane that extends down from the pleura covering the hilum

Question 8

How many brochopulmonary segments are there in the lung

Answer 8

10

Question 9

What fissures are in the right lung

Answer 9

Oblique

Horzontal

Question 10

What are the lobes of the right lung

Answer 10

Superior
Middle
Inferior

Question 11

What are some unique surface features on the right lung

Answer 11

Cardiac impression
Groove for Azygos vein
Groove for the esophagus

Question 12

What fissue does the left lung have

Answer 12

Oblique fissue

Question 13

What are the two lobes of the left lung

Answer 13

Superior

Inferior

Question 14

What is the lingula

Answer 14

Part of left lung thought to have been a potential third lobe

Question 15

What is the functional unit of the lung

Answer 15

Bronchopulmonary segments

Question 16

What does each bronchopulmonary consist of

Answer 16

Segmental bronchus
Branch of pulmonary artery
segment of lung tissue
surrounding septum

Question 17

Can bronchopulmonary segments be removed?

Answer 17

Yes, and they can be removed without affecting function of adjacent segments

Question 18

What gives arterial blood supply and venous supply to the heart

Answer 18

Bronchial arteries

Bronchial veins

Question 19

What are the structures (in order) of the tracheobronchial tree

Answer 19

Trachea
Main Bronchi
Lobar Bronchi
Segmental Bronchi
Broncholes
Alveoli

Question 20

What parts of the tracheobronchial tree is made of cartilagenous rings

Answer 20

Trachea
Main bronchi
Lobar bonchi

Question 21

What part of the tracheobronchial tree is made of smooth muscle

Answer 21

Segmental bronchi

Broncholes

Question 22

What part of the tracheobronchial tree is made from a permeable membrane

Answer 22

Alveoli

Question 23

Where in the tracheobronchial tree would bronchiolitis occur

Answer 23

Segmental bronchi

Broncholes

Question 24

Where in the tracheobronchial tree would pneumonia occcur

Answer 24

Alveoli

Question 25

What nerve gives parasympathetic and sensory information to the lung

Answer 25

Vagus

Question 26

What nerve gives sympathetic and sensory innvervation to the lung

Answer 26

Sympathetic trunk

Question 27

What does sympathetic activation of the lung cause

Answer 27

Bronchial dilation Vasoconstriction Decrease glandular secretion

Question 28

What does parasympathetic activation cause

Answer 28

Bronchial constriction Vasodilation Increase glandular secretion

Question 29

What are the two types of asthma

Answer 29

Extrinsic | Intrinsic

Question 30

What triggers extrinsic asthma

Answer 30

Allergens

Question 31

What triggers intrinsic asthma

Answer 31

Non-allergenic stimuli | Stress, cold, exercise

Question 32

What does asthma cause

Answer 32

Spasms of smooth muscle of segmental bronchi and bronchioles | Excessive mucus secretion

Question 33

Someone who has asthma may have a subluxation where

Answer 33

Upper Thoracic (T2-T5 where sympathetic trunk is located)

Question 34

Where does the lymphatics of the lung drain into

Answer 34

Pulmonary and bronchopulmonary nodes in hilum

Question 35

What do the pulmonary and bronchopulmonary nodes drain into

Answer 35

tracheobronchial nodes

Question 36

Why is the lung rich with lymphatics

Answer 36

Because it is in contact with the environment

Question 37

What is Bronchogenic carcinoma

Answer 37

Primary tumor of the lungs

Question 38

What node is often enlarged when bronchogenic carcinoma is present

Answer 38

Sentinal node

Question 39

What nerves may be affected due to lung cancer

Answer 39

Phrenic nerve | Recurrent laryngeal nerve

Question 40

Where may someone with bronchogenic carcinoma have refered pain

Answer 40

upper or middle thoracic cord segments