Respiratory System and Injuries

The serous membrane protecting the lungs is called the __.

• Pleura

• Surfactant

• Fascia

• Cilia

Pain under the rib cage during strenuous exercise is called a(n):

• Rib muscle pain

• Side stitch

• Pneumothorax

• Contusion

A treatment for a solar plexus injury would be:

• Tighten clothing around the area

• Do nothing

• Loosen tight clothing

• Splint the area

____ is three (3) consecutive fractured ribs on the same side of the rib cage

• Flap chest

• Full chest

• Floppy chest

• Flail chest

The pharynx is a passageway for __.

• Food

• Air

• Food and air

• We have a pharynx?

This cranial nerve provides our sense of smell.

• Olfactory

• Oculomotor

• Trochlear

• Optic

The larynx is also known as the ___.

• Trachea

• Voice box

• Adams Apple

• Pharynx

The ____ is made of 15-20 C-shaped rings of hyaline cartilage.

• Larynx

• Pharynx

• Trachea

• Bronchiole

When you inhale (breathe in) your rib cage will expand.

• True

• False

When someone has a flail chest and they breathe in, their rib cage will expand.

• True

• False