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Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.

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1. About ______% of the blood flow to the lungs is through the bronchial arteries and veins.

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The types of intercostal muscles in each of the eleven intercostal spaces are _____ and
______ .

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3. The ______carries oxygenated blood.

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4. The pulmonary circulation is a ______circulation.

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5. The capillaries are ______ micrometer in diameter

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______ is the anatomic dead space plus the volume of areas of the lungs that are not taking
part in gaseous exchange.

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7. In the lungs, exchange of gases occurs only in the respiratory_______ and _______.

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8. The ______ intercostal run forwards and downwards

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9. The ______ arises from the first right intercostal artery.

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10.

When the increase in pressure is removed, the elastic properties of the _______ restore the
original volume.

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11. The combination of two or more lung volumes is referred to as______

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12.

The pulmonary arteries divide several times just like the ______ until the pulmonary
capillaries are formed.

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13. Lack or absence of surfactant in infants causes _____

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14.

A surface acting agent that is responsible for lowering the surface tension of a fluid is
called_______

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15.

The _______is the dome-shaped musculo-tendinous partition between the thorax and
abdomen

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16. ______is a measure of the distensibility (elasticity) of the lungs and thoracic structures

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17. Lung volumes are the volumes of air breathed by_____

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18.

The large surface area of the ______ is matched by an even larger surface area presented by
the capillaries.

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19. The ______is very thin and this makes it easy for gases to diffuse across the membrane

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20.

The diaphragm is the dome-shaped musculo-tendinous partition between the thorax and
abdomen forming the roof of the abdomen and the floor of the______

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21.

The diaphragm is capable of vertical excursion of 2.5cm to 10cm depending on the depth
of______.

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22. The pulmonary _____is secreted by the Type II alveolar epithelial cells in the lungs.

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23. _____ is pumped out of the right ventricle at a pressure of 25/0 mmHg.

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24. The pulmonary _______ is a low pressure circulation

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25.

The mixing of deoxygenated bronchial venous blood with oxygenated pulmonary venous
blood is called ______

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26. The normal respiratory rate is _____ times per minute

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27. The plasma oncotic pressure is _____

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28. No fluid moves out of the pulmonary capillaries into the interstitial space

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29. _______ from tissues of the body is returned to the right atrium of the heart.

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30. The muscles of respiration can be divided into _______ and muscles of expiration

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31. The pulmonary vein carries________

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32.

_______ is referred to as the volume change in the lungs produced by a unit change of
pressure.

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33. The two groups of ______ are for inspiration and expiration.

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34. The external intercostal run _____ and _______

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35. Inspiratory Capacity has a value of______

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36.

The extent to which the lungs expand for each unit increase in transpulmonary pressure is
called______

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37. When the ribs are pulled upward and forward the AP diameter______

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38. The ______ circulation is a low pressure circulation

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Blood from the pulmonary capillaries is returned to the _______ atrium of the heart through
the pulmonary vein.

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The ______ is capable of vertical excursion of 2.5cm to 10cm depending on the depth of
breathing

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41. ______ are the combination of two or more lung volumes.

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42.

The pulmonary arterial trunk divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries and these
supply blood to the right and left_______

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43.

_______ is the volume of air (measured in liters) that can forcibly be blown out after full
inspiration.

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44. The left bronchial artery arises directly from the _______

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45.

In ______ breathing, contraction of the external intercostal muscles will pull the ribs upwards
and move the sternum forward thereby increasing the AP diameter.

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46. The blood pumped into the pulmonary circulation at rest is_______

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47.

The bony thorax, the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm form a cone shaped structure
called the _______

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48. The cardiovascular system is a _____

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49.

The oxygen that diffuses into the plasma dissolves in the plasma and the diffusion continues
until the PO2 in plasma rises to____

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50. Expiration is a ______ process under quiet breathing.

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