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GAB - Respiratory System

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MCQ covering the 3 respiratory lectures in the graduate accelerated course at RVC.
Marina Martins
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Question 1

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Tidal volume refers to
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  • the volume of air in the lungs when passively breathing
  • the lung volume when inhaling to the full extent of lung capacity
  • the lung volume of maximum inhalation to maximum exhalation
  • the volume of air left in the lungs after exhaling

Question 2

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Which animal would have the highest tidal volume?
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  • Cow
  • Horse
  • Man
  • Dog

Question 3

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Which animal would have the lowest respiratory frequency?
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  • Dog
  • Man
  • Cow
  • Horse

Question 4

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All domestic species have two clearly-defined lobes in their left lung, EXCEPT for...
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  • horses
  • ruminants
  • pigs
  • carnivores

Question 5

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Which of the following is NOT a lobe of the right lung?
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  • cranial
  • middle
  • caudal
  • medial
  • accessory

Question 6

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Which animal(s) has its cranial lobe supplied by the tracheal bronchus?
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  • Sheep
  • Cow
  • Pig
  • Horse
  • Dog

Question 7

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Which lung lobe lies along the ventral midline of the left and right lung?
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  • cranial
  • caudal
  • medial
  • accessory
  • middle

Question 8

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Which pleura lines the lateral wall of the rib cage?
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  • mediastinal pleura
  • diaphragmatic pleura
  • costal pleura
  • visceral pleura

Question 9

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Which structures are contained within the mediastinum?
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  • lungs
  • thymus
  • trachea
  • heart
  • caudal vena cava
  • right phrenic nerve
  • oesophagus

Question 10

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Which pleura is attached to the surface of the lung?
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  • pulmonary pleura
  • costal pleura
  • diaphragmatic pleura
  • mediastinal pleura

Question 11

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"Roaring" is usually caused by damage to which nerve?
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  • Left recurrent laryngeal nerve
  • Glossopharyngeal nerve
  • Right recurrent laryngeal nerve
  • Hypoglossal nerve

Question 12

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Which of the following make up the conducting airways?
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  • trachea
  • bronchi
  • bronchioles
  • terminal bronchioles
  • respiratory bronchioles
  • alveolar ducts
  • alveolar sacs

Question 13

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Gas exchange occurs in the
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  • conducting airways
  • respiratory zone

Question 14

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Dead spaces refer to areas that are ventilated but not perfused.
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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What type of epithelium lines the trachea?
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  • ciliated columnar epithelium
  • ciliated cuboidal epithelium
  • ciliated stratified squamous epitihelium
  • non-ciliated columnar epithelium

Question 16

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Which of the following are characteristics of the bronchus?
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  • ciliated columnar epithelium
  • cuboidal epithelium
  • contains goblet cells
  • contains clara cells
  • has irregular plates of cartilage
  • has a vascular sheath known as the peribronchial

Question 17

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Which of the following are characteristics of bronchioles?
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  • ciliated columnar epithelium
  • cuboidal epithelium
  • has goblet cells
  • has clara cells
  • has irregular plates of cartilage
  • has a vascular sheath known as the peribronchial sheath

Question 18

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Contraction of which structure allows for redistribution of gas in the lungs?
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  • alveolar duct
  • alveolar sac
  • alveolus
  • respiratory bronchiole

Question 19

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What is considered the "exhcange tissue" of the lung?
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  • Alveloli
  • Pneumocytes
  • Clara cells
  • Goblet cells

Question 20

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Connective tissue cells and fibers make up the alveolar interstitium.
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  • True
  • False

Question 21

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Which of the following is a consequence of pulmonary fibrosis?
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  • large deposition of collage when prevents proper inspiration
  • large deposition of fibrin
  • invasion of basophils into the alveolar spaces
  • inefficient gas exchange
  • reduced compliance

Question 22

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Blood in the bronchial artery drains via the
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  • common capillary network
  • bronchial veins
  • azygous veins

Question 23

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What type of muscle surrounds the airways in the lung?
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  • Smooth muscle
  • Skeletal muscle
  • Cardiac muscle

Question 24

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Fick's law refers to
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  • how the rate of gas exchange is affected by the pressure difference, thickness and total surface area of a tissue
  • the binding affinity of oxygen and hemoglobin when related to acidity and carbon dioxide concentration
  • how the energy contraction of a cardiac muscle fiber is proportional to the initial fiber length at rest
  • how the binding of O2 to hemoglobin in the lungs causes the displacement of CO2 from hemoglobin

Question 25

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How would an increase in tissue thickness affect gas exchange?
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  • it would decrease
  • it would increase
  • it would not change

Question 26

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What is the partial pressure of O2 at the arterial and venous ends of the pulmonary capillary respectively?
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  • A: 40 mmHg V: 104 mmHg
  • A: 45 mmHg V: 110 mmHg
  • A: 104 mmHg V: 40 mmHg
  • A: 45 mmHg V: 40 mmHg

Question 27

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What is the partial pressure of CO2 at the arterial and venous ends of the pulmonary capillary?
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  • A: 45 mmHg V: 40 mmHg
  • A: 40 mmHg V: 104 mmHg
  • A: 40 mmHg V: 45 mmHg
  • A: 110 mmHg V: 45 mmHg

Question 28

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All other factors being the same, which partial pressures would result in the slowest diffusion of O2 into the tissue?
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  • Arterial blood PO2: 95 mmHg Interstitial fluid PO2: 40 mmHg
  • Arterial blood PO2: 80 mmHg Interstitial fluid PO2: 60 mmHg
  • Arterial blood PO2: 70 mmHg Interstitial fluid PO2: 20 mmHg
  • Arterial blood PO2: 120 mmHg Interstitial fluid PO2: 70 mmHg

Question 29

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In a normal animal, how would perfusion (Q) and ventilation (V) be affected in the lower region of the lung?
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  • both Q and V would be higher but Q > V
  • both Q and V would be higher but V > Q
  • both Q and V would be equally lower
  • both Q and V would be lower but Q > V
  • both Q and V would be equally higher

Question 30

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In a normal animal, how would ventilation (V) and perfusion (Q) be affected in the upper zone of the lungs?
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  • both Q and V would be lower but V > Q
  • both Q and V would be lower but Q > V
  • both Q and V would be higher but V > Q
  • both Q and V would be higher but Q < V
  • both Q and V would equally increase
  • both Q and V would equally decrease

Question 31

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In the upper zone of the lung, ventilation is better than perfusion.
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  • True
  • False

Question 32

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A small degree of shunt occurs in which region of a healthy lung?
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  • lower zone
  • mid zone
  • upper zone

Question 33

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A small degree of deadspace occurs in which region of a healthy lung?
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  • lower zone
  • mid zone
  • upper zone

Question 34

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How would a tracheal blockage affect V/Q when compared to a normal long?
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  • decreased V/Q
  • increased V/Q
  • there would be no change

Question 35

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A tracheal blockage would result in...
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  • alveolar dead space
  • shunt

Question 36

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A thromboembolism would result in...
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  • alveolar dead space
  • shunt

Question 37

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How would a thromboembolism in the pulmonary artery affect V/Q when compared to a normal long?
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  • V/Q would increase
  • V/Q would decrease
  • there would be no change

Question 38

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How would a decrease in stroke volume affect V/Q?
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  • V/Q would increase
  • V/Q would decrease
  • V/Q would be unaffected

Question 39

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How would a decrease in afterload affect V/Q?
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  • V/Q would increase
  • V/Q would decrease
  • it would be unchanged

Question 40

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How does the partial pressure of oxygen affect hemoglobin-oxygen binding?
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  • a high PO2 would cause O2 to bind to Hb
  • a high PO2 would cause O2 to be released from Hb
  • a low PO2 would cause O2 to be released from Hb
  • a low PO2 would cause O2 to bind to Hb

Question 41

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How would heavy exercise affect the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve?
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  • it would shift to the right
  • it would shift to the left
  • it would be unchaged

Question 42

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Hemoglobin affinity for carbon monoxide is much lower than for oxygen.
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  • True
  • False

Question 43

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The majority of carbon dioxide is carried as...
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  • dissolved CO2
  • HbCO2
  • HCO3-

Question 44

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Which of the following are muscles of inspiration?
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  • diaphragm
  • external intercostal muscles
  • internal intercostal muscles
  • scalene muscles
  • abdominal muscles
  • no muscles are used

Question 45

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Resting breathing uses which muscles for expiration?
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  • no muscles are used
  • diaphragm
  • external intercostal muscles
  • scalene muscles
  • abdominal muscles
  • internal intercostal muscles

Question 46

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Breathing during exercise uses which muscles for expiration?
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  • no muscles are used
  • diaphragm
  • external intercostal muscles
  • scalene muscles
  • abdominal muscles
  • internal intercostal muscles

Question 47

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How would transpulmonary pressure change during ventilation?
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  • increase during inspiration and decrease during expiration
  • decrease during inspiration and increase during expiration
  • it would remain constant during both inspiration and expiration

Question 48

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Which animal would have more compliant lungs?
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  • horse
  • dog
  • sheep
  • cat

Question 49

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Which of the following would cause an increase in compliance?
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  • pulmonary fibrosis
  • alveolar oedema
  • pulmonary emphysema
  • increased pulmonary venous pressure

Question 50

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What cell type is responsible for producing pulmonary surfactant?
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  • Type 1 pnuemocytes
  • Type 2 pnuemocytes
  • Clara cells
  • Goblet cells

Question 51

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Surface tension increases in...
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  • smaller alveoli
  • larger alveoli

Question 52

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Acetylcholine binds to which receptor type in the lungs?
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  • M1
  • M3
  • Nm
  • Nn
  • M2

Question 53

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Parasympathetic innervation to the lung can close which airways?
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  • Bronchi
  • Trachea
  • Bronchioles

Question 54

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An increase of [H+] in the blood would result in...
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  • increased ventilation
  • decreased ventilation

Question 55

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Where are peripheral chemoreceptors located?
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  • ventral surface of the medulla
  • carotid artery
  • aortic artery

Question 56

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If the peripheral chemoreceptors detect a reduced arterial PO2, it would result in
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  • an increase in breathing
  • a decrease in breathing
  • no change in breathing

Question 57

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Which nuclei cause contraction of the accessory muscles during exercise?
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  • dorsal respiratory group
  • ventral respiratory group
  • pontine nuclei

Question 58

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In a normal animal, which of the following drives ventilation?
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  • CO2
  • pH
  • O2

Question 59

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What is the primary respiratory control center?
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  • medulla oblongata
  • pons
  • midbrain
  • thalamus

Question 60

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The activation of which neural group would result in a decrease in tidal volume?
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  • pneumotaxic center in the pons
  • apneustic center in the pons
  • dorsal respiratory group in the medulla
  • ventral respiratory group in the medulla

Question 61

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The activation of which neural group would result in an increase in tidal volume?
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  • pneumotaxic center in the pons
  • apneustic center in the pons
  • dorsal respiratory group in the medulla
  • ventral respiratory group in the medulla
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