Respiratory System

Question 1

What is the primary function of the respiratory system?

Answer 1

The diaphragm and intercostal muscles contract to increase the volume in the lungs and decrease pressure and inhale oxygen. These muscles then relax to expel carbon dioxide.

Question 2

What muscles are involved in breathing?

Answer 2

the diaphragm and intercostal muscles

Question 3

Are the muscles involved in breathing contracting or relaxing during inhalation?

Answer 3

contracting

Question 4

What is the name of the muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity?

Answer 4

Diaphragm

Question 5

What does auscultation refer to?

Answer 5

Refers to listening with a stethoscope for normal and abnormal lung sounds

Question 6

List 5 adverse effects of tobacco use

Answer 6

Lung Cancer, Emphysema, Osteoporosis, Aortic Aneurysm, Coronary Heart Disease (eg. Heart Attacks)

Question 7

List 3 things we can do to maintain or improve the health of our respiratory system

Answer 7

• Don’t Smoke
• Exercise to keep your immune system strong
• keep warm
• stay hydrated
• good nutrition

Question 8

What are 5 questions to ask when describing a locations?

Answer 8

is it on a limb?
is it higher or lower?
is it on the front or back?
is it closer to the middle or further outside?
is it inside the body or closer to the surface?

Question 9

what do you use to describe after the question: is it on a limb?

Answer 9

proximal or distal

Question 10

what do you use to describe after the question: is it higher or lower?

Answer 10

superior or inferior

Question 11

what do you use to describe after the question: is it on the front or back?

Answer 11

anterior or posterior

Question 12

what do you use to describe after the question: is it closer to the middle or further outside?

Answer 12

medial or lateral

Question 13

what do you use to describe after the question: is it inside the body or closer to the surface?

Answer 13

deep or superficial

Question 14

The head is ___ to the chest

Answer 14

superior

Question 15

the wrist is _____ to the elbow

Answer 15

distal

Question 16

Which abdominal quadrant would be experiencing pain if the appendix was acting up?

Answer 16

Right Lower Quadrant

Question 17

Name the medical use of the stethoscope?

Answer 17

many medical professionals use the stethoscope for ausculation (listening to the internal sounds of the human body), put directly to the skin or sometimes over clothes, the rim is placed to the body and it is listened to through the ear piece

Question 18

Name the medical use of the BVM

Answer 18

Paramedics and nurses use them to help patients breathe before they can be hooked up the oxygen and to help them breath. It put to the face and squeezed in an even rhythm

Question 19

Name the medical use of the Spygmomanometer

Answer 19

doctors and nurses measure the blood pressure. It is tightened around the arm and the scale is checked

Question 20

Name the medical use of the Tuning Fork

Answer 20

First responders and chiropractors to detect fractures and breaks to test bone conduction. Pain is an indication of a possible fracture. Audiologist can also use them to test hearing

Question 21

Name the medical use of the reflex hammer

Answer 21

practitioners and neurologists use them to test deep tendon reflexes by hitting it perpendicular to the tendon

Question 22

Name the medical use of the Intubation Tube

Answer 22

Paramedics and other practitioners intubate patients who cannot breathe on their own. The tube is put down the trachea and sealed off while sedated and is then connected to a respirator

Question 23

Name the medical use of the Cannula

Answer 23

Doctors and respiratory therapists put it around chin and ears to nose so the patient can breathe in a higher concentration of oxygen with normal breathing.

Question 24

CXR

Answer 24

Chest X-Ray

Question 25

Dyspnea

Answer 25

difficulty breathing

Question 26

Tachypnea

Answer 26

Fast Breathing

Question 27

ox/o, oxia

Answer 27

oxygen

Question 28

URI

Answer 28

Upper Respiratory Infection

Question 29

ABG

Answer 29

Arterial Blood Gases

Question 30

Bradypnea

Answer 30

slow breathing

Question 31

Apnea

Answer 31

without breathing

Question 32

-capnia

Answer 32

carbon dioxide

Question 33

ICU

Answer 33

Intensive Care Unit

Question 34

Describe Emphysema

Answer 34

Gradually weakens the walls of the air sacs, which leads to the alveoli rupturing. This reduces the surface area of where gas exchange. This decreases the amount of oxygen going into the bloodstream. Progressively more short of breath.

Question 35

symptoms and signs of emphysema

Answer 35

Signs: S.O.B., wheezing, barrel chest lips or fingernails turn blue or gey with exertion and you are not mentally alert
Symptoms: Chest x-ray- changes in lung shape to indicate emphysema
Lung Volume- decreased volume
ABG- shows reduced Oxygen amounts

Question 36

emphysema risk factors

Answer 36

• Smoking
• Age
• Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
• Occupational exposure to fumes or dust
• Exposure to indoor and outdoor pollution

Question 37

Emphysema risk factors

Answer 37

Antibiotics, a lot of puffers, Oxygen therapy, stop smoking

Treatment may slow the progression of emphysema but won’t reverse damage.

Question 38

Travelling on the magic school bus, in what order would you pass everything?

Answer 38

nose/mouth, nasal cavity, pharynx, epiglottis, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, bronchioles, alveoli

Question 39

what is the membrane around the lung called?

Answer 39

pleural membrane

Question 40

What are the body cavities?

Answer 40

Cranial cavity, spinal cavity, thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity, pelvic cavity

Question 41

where is the dorsal cavity?

Answer 41

along the back

Question 42

where is the ventral cavity?

Answer 42

along the front