- Published: September 9, 2022
- Updated: September 9, 2022
- University / College: University of Massachusetts Medical School - Worcester
- Language: English
- Downloads: 7
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Inhaled air travels in the upper respiratory system
1. Which of the following is not part of the upper respiratory system?
- A) Nose
- B) Oral cavity
- C) Pharynx
- D) Trachea
- E) Nasal meatuses
Ans: D
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1. Inhaled air travels in the upper respiratory system
2. The conducting zone does NOT act to
- A) clean air of debris.
- B) conduct air into the lungs.
- C) add water to the air.
- D) warm air.
- E) It does all of the above.
Ans: E
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1. Inhaled air travels in the upper respiratory system
2. Which of the following is a passageway for air andfood?
- A) Pharynx
- B) Larynx
- C) Paranasal sinuses
- D)Trachea
- E) Esophagus
Ans: A
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1. Inhaled air travels in the upper respiratory system
2. The opening to the pharynx from the mouth is called
- A) Palatine
- B) Hypopharynx
- C) Meatuses
- D) Fauces
- E) Vestibule
Ans: D
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1. Inhaled air travels in the lower respiratory system
2. This structure prevents food or water from entering the trachea.
- A) Arytenoid cartilage
- B) Epiglottis
- C) Nasopharynx
- D) Thyroid cartilage
- E) Paranasal sinus
Ans: B
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1. Inhaled air travels in the lower respiratory system
2. During swallowing, which structure rises?
- A) Pharynx
- B)esophagus
- C)Trachea
- D)Palatine tonsils
- E)Primary bronchi
Ans: A
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1. Inhaled air travels in the lower respiratory system
2. These are triangular pieces of mostly hyaline cartilage located at the posterior and superior border of the cricoid cartilage.
- A) Corniculate cartilage
- B) Arytenoids cartilage
- C) Cricotracheal cartilage
- D) Cuneiform cartilage
- E)Laryngeal cartilage
Ans: B
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1. Inhaled air travels in the lower respiratory system
2. Pitch is controlled by
- A) vibration of the vocal cords.
- B) tension of the vocal cords.
- C) layers of cartilage in the vocal cords.
- D) arrangement of the vocal cords.
- E) None of the above
Ans: B
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1. Inhaled air travels in the lower respiratory system
2. This is located anterior to the esophagus and carries air to the bronchi.
- A) Trachea
- B) Larynx
- C) Nasopharynx
- D)Pharynx
- E) None of the above
Ans: A
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1. Inhaled air travels in the lower respiratory system
2. This is the primary gas exchange site.
- A) Trachea
- B) Bronchiole
- C) Nasal sinuses
- D) Alveolus
- E) Bronchus
Ans: D
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1. Inhaled air travels in the lower respiratory system
2. Which of the below tissues maintains open airways in the lower respiratory system?
- A) Stratified squamous epithelium with keratin
- B) Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells
- C) Hyaline cartilage
- D) Mucous membrane
- E) Bone
Ans: C
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1. Inhaled air travels in the lower respiratory system
2. Which of the below tissues provides the functions of the inner layer of the conducting organs?
- A) stratified squamous epithelium with keratin
- B) ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells
- C) ciliated cuboidal epithelium with goblet cells
- D) transitional epithelium with cilia
- E) columnar connective tissue with goblet cells
Ans: B
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1. Inhaled air travels in the lower respiratory system
2. The point where the trachea divides into right and left primary bronchi is a ridge called:
- A) Carina
- B) Secondary bronchioles
- C)Parietal pleura
- D) Visceral pleura
- E) Diaphragm
Ans: A
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1. Inhaled air travels in the lower respiratory system
2. Which of the below tissues forms the exchange surfaces of the alveolus?
- A) Stratified squamous epithelium
- B) Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells
- C) Simple squamous epithelium
- D) Hyaline cartilage
- E) Columnar connective tissue with goblet cells
Ans: C
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1. Inhaled air travels in the lower respiratory system
2. These are cells of the alveoli that produce surfactant.
- A) Type I alveolar cells
- B) Type II alveolar cells
- C) Type III alveolar cells
- D) Surface cell
- E) Macrophages
Ans: B
