Exam 28: The Respiratory System

Denise is a 24-year-old who has been diagnosed with SARS. She has a fever, headache, and says she just aches all over. She is very worried, though, because she is a single mother and has two young children, ages 3 and 5. She knows that SARS is highly contagious and sometimes fatal, and she does not want to transmit the disease to her children. Which of the following might be your best suggestion for Denise?

____ is a blocked artery in the lungs and is frequently the result of immobility.

The opening between the vocal cords (Letter E on the figure) is the ________.

Which of the following is caused by smoking or by exposure to radon, asbestos, or industrial carcinogens?

Which of the following conditions may occur when heart function declines and fluid fills spaces of the lungs?

-The structure indicated by the letter F is a(n) ________.

Lung diseases that result from years of exposure to different environmental or occupational types of dust are called ________.

Which of the following does not occur when air enters the lungs?

Which of the following allow the lungs to move freely in the thorax due to the secretion of a serous fluid?

-Letter A in the figure is the ________, which forms the framework for the epiglottis.

The fatty substance that helps maintain the inflation of the alveoli so that they do not collapse in on themselves between inspirations is called ________.