Exam 29: The Respiratory System

Mr. Adams is 46 years old, is 5 feet 6 inches tall, and weighs 278 pounds. He has no physical complaints, but has come to the office because lately his wife has been complaining more and more about his snoring. She says it keeps her awake at night. He wonders if there is anything he can do about it, but he warns, "I won't wear one of those machine things at night!" When taking his history, you note that his tonsils were removed when he was 14. He has no allergies and does not complain of nasal congestion. He does not drink alcohol. Which of the following suggestions is most likely to help Mr. Adams with his snoring problem?

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

Letter J designates the ________, which contain the bronchial trees and alveoli.

The ________, designated by letter H, are the main stems off the distal end of the trachea.

The ________ (letter F) lies just above the trachea; it moves air in and out of the trachea and produces the sounds of the voice.

Pleuritis, or ________, is a condition in which the pleura of the lungs become inflamed.

Which of these is not caused by cigarette smoking?

Smokers are much more likely to develop ____ than are nonsmokers, and repeated episodes increase a person's chance of eventually developing lung cancer.

A pleural effusion that consists of pus in the pleural cavity is called a(n) ________.

A condition in which the pleura become inflamed is ________ or pleurisy.

The ____ is the total amount of air that the lungs can hold.

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?

Letter A is the ________, a passage through which air flows to the pharynx.

The structure indicated by letter G is the ________, which is considered the "working tissue" of the lung.

The respiratory symptoms of lung cancer include a cough that worsens over time and ______, or coughing up blood.

A pleural effusion that consists of air in the pleural cavity is also called a(n) ________.

Which of the following does not affect the respiratory rate?

Letter K on the figure represents the ________, a muscle that contracts and relaxes to control the amount of space in the thoracic cavity.

The third cartilage of the larynx is called the ________ cartilage, which forms most of the posterior wall of the larynx and a small part of the anterior wall.

Most of the oxygen in the bloodstream binds to the heme portion of ________ in red blood cells.