Test 4 KIN 1AA3

Where can cartilage plates be found in the tracheobronchial tree?

• Terminal bronchioles

• Lobar bronchi

• Main bronchi

• Segmental bronchi

What changes can be seen in the size and number of air passageways/branches as you move down the tracheobronchial tree?

• Size decreases, number increases

• Size increases, number decreases

• Size increases, number increases

• Size decreases, number decreases

Where does the respiratory/gas exchange zone begin?

• Terminal bronchioles

• Alveolar ducts

• Alveolar sacs

• Respiratory bronchioles

Which of the following is false about type 2 pneumocytes?

• They make up the alveolar epithelium

• They are simple squamous epithelial cells

• They secrete alveolar fluid containing surfactant

• They line the lumen of the alveolus

What is the name of the region on the medial surface of the lungs that involves the entrance of the bronchi and blood vessels?

Which of the following volumes describes the difference in volume between maximum inspiration and tidal volume?

• Inspiratory reserve volume

• Vital volume

• Tidal volume

• Inspiratory capacity

What is the calculation for vital capacity?

• Sum of all the volumes

• Inspiratory reserve volume + expiratory reserve volume

• Tidal volume + inspiratory reserve volume

• Total lung capacity - residual volume

Which of the following regions would be considered part of the anatomic dead space?

• Alveolar sacs

• Terminal bronchioles

• Respiratory bronchioles

• Alveolar ducts

which of these is not a part of the respiratory membrane?

• pulmonary capillary epithelium

• interstitial space

• alveolar fluid

• red blood cells

the _____ volume is the amount of air inspired or expired with each breath.