Lama Hamoudeh BIOL 3350 Unit 4 Review

11/07/11
1. What are the two parts of the respiratory system?

2. What is the function of the mucociliary blanket?
3. What is the purpose of the moisture in the conducting airway in relation to
temperature?
4. What is the pleural effusion?
5. What are the symptoms of influenza? ist at least three.
!. What is the pleura?
". What is spontaneous pneumothora#?
$. %efine tension pneumothora#.

&. What agent causes pneumonia?
1'. %efine hyper(entilation.
11. What is emphysema?
12. What is atelectasis?
13. What happens to the residual lung (olume during an asthmatic attack?
Lama Hamoudeh BIOL 3350 Unit 4 Review
11/07/11
14. What is lung compliance?
15. What is the function of the laryn#? ist three or more.
1!. What is the glottis?
1". Why is the right bronchus more prone to obstruction?
1$. What supplies blood to the conducting airways?

1&. What is the relation between the surface area of the al(eoli and the rate of gas
diffusion in the lungs?
2'. )emo(al of a lung would cause what in relation to diffusing capacity?
11. *icarbonate carries what in the blood?
22. + prolonged fe(er can initiate dehydration by?

23. ,ommon opportunistic infection in children with +-%.. -s the infection of (iral/
bacterial or fungal origin?
24. 0he common cold is transmitted (ia1

25. What (irus is responsible for the common cold? ist at least 5 things.
Lama Hamoudeh BIOL 3350 Unit 4 Review
11/07/11
2!. What are the features of the mycobacterium that cause tuberculosis? ist at least 4
things.
2". 2ow do antihistamines ad(ersely affect the lungs?
2$. 3mphysema affects what part of the lungs?
2&. Why not gi(e a person with hypo#ia a high concentration of o#ygen?
3'. What happens to the lungs during asbestosis?
31. What is the purpose of the horseshoe shaped cartilages?
32. +de4uate (entilation depends on1? ist at least 3 things.
33. What is the primary muscle that functions during inspiration?
34. 2ow is o#ygen transported in the blood?
35. %escribe the functions of surface tension on al(eoli?

3!. %efine (ital capacity?
3". What is 5 of humidity of the air in the lungs?
3$. %efine dyspnea.
3&. What causes acute respiratory distress syndrome? ist at least 4 things.
Lama Hamoudeh BIOL 3350 Unit 4 Review
11/07/11
4'. What is the purpose of the two6step testing of tuberculosis?
41. 0he polysaccharides capsule of .. pneumonia protects it from what?

42. %efine egionaire7s %isease. What is thought to ha(e been the cause of the initial
outbreak?
43. .inuses fa(or the growth of organisms because they1
44. What is the pressure in relation to the lungs during a tension pneumothora#
compared to the atmospheric pressure?

45. What happens to the trachea7s position during a tension pneumothora#?
4!. 0o what does the 892 le(el refer?
4". What does positi(e tuberculosis skin test indicate?
4$. +cute respiratory distress syndrome causes what lung difficulties? ist at least 2
things.
4&. What are signs of hypercapnia :increase of carbon dio#ide in blood;? ist a least 3
things.
5'. What is chronic obstructi(e pulmonary disease?
Lama Hamoudeh BIOL 3350 Unit 4 Review
11/07/11
51. %escribe pulmonary circulation.
52. %escribe the bronchial circulation system.
53. -n addition to the bicarbonate buffer system/ what other two ways is carbon dio#ide
transported in the blood?
54. What are the most likely causes of emphysema? ist at least three things.
55. What is the normal arterial le(el range of 892?