The Lungs

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Medicine Anatomy of Systems Quiz on The Lungs, created by Charlotte Jakes on 13/05/2020.
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Question 1

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Which of the following structures are in close proximity to the medial surface of the left lung?
Answer
  • Heart
  • Arch of aorta
  • Thoracic aorta
  • Oesophagus
  • Inferior vena cava
  • Superior vena cava
  • Azygous vein

Question 2

Question
Which of the following structures are in close proximity to the medial surface of the right lung?
Answer
  • Oesophagus
  • Heart
  • Inferior vena cava
  • Superior vena cava
  • Azygous vein
  • Arch of aorta
  • Thoracic aorta

Question 3

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Why is the left lung slightly smaller than the right?
Answer
  • The presence of the heart
  • The presence of the liver
  • Differing embryological origins
  • Presence of the diaphragm

Question 4

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The apex of the lung projects upwards above the level of the 1st rib.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 5

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How do we name the three surfaces of the lung?
Answer
  • By the area of the thorax they face
  • By their relation in the anatomical position
  • By their size
  • By their thickness

Question 6

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How many borders do the lungs have?
Answer
  • 3
  • 2
  • 5
  • 4

Question 7

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Drag and drop the correct answers to describe the structure of the lungs.
Answer
  • Apex
  • Superior lobe
  • Superior lobar bronchus
  • Horizontal fissue
  • Middle lobar bronchar
  • Middle lobe
  • Inferior lobar bronchus
  • Oblique fissure
  • Inferior lobe
  • Base of lung
  • Mediastinal surfaces
  • Main bronchi
  • Trachea
  • Cricoid cartilage
  • Thyroid cartilage
  • Costal surface
  • Cardiac impression

Question 8

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Which lung has 3 lobes?
Answer
  • Right lung
  • Left lung

Question 9

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Which lung has two lobes?
Answer
  • The left lung
  • The right lung

Question 10

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Which fissure of both of the lungs runs from the inferior border in a superoposterior direction until it meets the posterior lung border?
Answer
  • Oblique fissure
  • Horizontal fissure

Question 11

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Which fissure of the right lung runs from the sternum to meet the oblique fissure?
Answer
  • Oblique fissure
  • Horizontal fissure

Question 12

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At what level does the horizontal fissure arise?
Answer
  • Level of 4th rib
  • Level of the 3rd rib
  • T1
  • T12

Question 13

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Drag and drop the correct answers to describe the structure of the lungs and their fissures.
Answer
  • Hilum
  • Oblique fissure
  • Horizontal fissure
  • Left lung
  • Right lung
  • Superior lobe
  • Inferior lobe
  • Middle lobe

Question 14

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On what surface of the lung will you find the hilum?
Answer
  • The mediastinal surface
  • The costal surface
  • The diaphragmatic surface

Question 15

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The diaphragmatic surface of the lung at the base has a concave shape. Why is this concave deeper in the right lung?
Answer
  • Due to the liver
  • Due to the heart
  • Due to the inferior vena cava
  • Differing embryological origin

Question 16

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The costal surface of the lung faces...
Answer
  • The internal surface of the chest wall
  • The heart
  • The diaphragm
  • The clavicles

Question 17

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In the left lung, what is the anterior border marked by?
Answer
  • The cardiac notch
  • The oblique fissure
  • The horizontal fissure
  • The left hemidiaphragm

Question 18

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Drag and drop the correct answers to describe the borders and surfaces of the lung.
Answer
  • Right lung
  • Left lung
  • Apex
  • Hilum
  • Posterior border
  • Mediastinal surface
  • Inferior border
  • Base/diaphragmatic surface
  • Costal surface
  • Anterior border

Question 19

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What name is given to the collection of structures that suspends the lung from the mediastinum?
Answer
  • Lung root
  • Lung hilum
  • Bronchial tree
  • Apex

Question 20

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What name is given to the wedge-shaped area on the mediastinal surface of the lung from which the structures that suspend it enter and exit?
Answer
  • Lung hilum
  • Lung root
  • Bronchi
  • Bronchial tree

Question 21

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Which of the following structures occur in the lung root?
Answer
  • Bronchus
  • Pulmonary artery
  • Two pulmonary veins
  • One pulmonary vein
  • Pulmonary nerve plexus
  • Lymphatics
  • Trachea
  • Alveoli
  • Cisterna chyli

Question 22

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The bronchus begins dividing into bronchioles within the hilum of the lung.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 23

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Drag and drop the correct answers to describe the structures within the hilum of the lung.
Answer
  • Root
  • Hilum
  • Pulmonary artery
  • Pulmonary veins
  • Bronchus
  • Pulmonary ligament
  • Right lung
  • Left lung

Question 24

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Drag and drop the correct answers to describe the relations of each lung.
Answer
  • Superior vena cava
  • Cardiac notch
  • Inferior vena cava
  • Subclavian artery
  • 1st rib
  • Oesophagus
  • Azygous vein
  • Descending aorta
  • Aortic arch
  • Right lung
  • Left lung
  • Left subclavian artery
  • Left brachiocephalic vein

Question 25

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Which is the most posterior structure of the lung hilum?
Answer
  • Bronchus
  • Pulmonary artery
  • Pulmonary veins
  • Pulmonary plexus

Question 26

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At what level do the oblique fissures of both lungs contact the posterior border?
Answer
  • T3
  • T2
  • T5
  • T1

Question 27

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At what point do the oblique fissures of the lungs meet the anterior borders of the lungs?
Answer
  • 6th rib at midclavicular line
  • 7th rib at midclavicular line
  • 10th rib at midclavicular line
  • 1st rib at midclavicular line

Question 28

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At what point do the oblique and horizontal fissures of the right lung meet?
Answer
  • 5th rib at the midclavicular line
  • 4th rib at the midclavicular line
  • 6th rib at the midclavicular line
  • 2nd rib at the midclavicular line

Question 29

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What structure provides deoxygenated blood to the pulmonary circulation?
Answer
  • Pulmonary arteries
  • Pulmonary veins
  • Bronchial arteries
  • Bronchial veins

Question 30

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What structure transports oxygenated blood from the pulmonary circulation back to the heart?
Answer
  • Pulmonary arteries
  • Pulmonary veins
  • Bronchial arteries
  • Bronchial veins

Question 31

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The tissues and structures of the lungs are supplied by the bronchial arteries. Where do these arise from?
Answer
  • Descending aorta
  • Renal arteries
  • Coeliac trunk
  • Common hepatic artery

Question 32

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Where does the right bronchial vein drain into?
Answer
  • Azygous vein
  • Accessory hemiazygous vein
  • Inferior vena cava
  • Pulmonary arteries

Question 33

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Where does the left bronchial vein drain into?
Answer
  • Accessory hemiazygos vein
  • Azygos vein
  • Inferior vena cava
  • Renal vein

Question 34

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Which fibres will you find in the pulmonary plexuses?
Answer
  • Parasympathetic
  • Sympathetic
  • Visceral efferent
  • Visceral afferent
  • Enteric

Question 35

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Where are the parasympathetic fibres of the pulmonary plexuses derived from?
Answer
  • Vagus nerve (CNX)
  • T2-T6
  • T1-T5
  • Accessory nerve (CNXI)

Question 36

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Where are the sympathetic fibres of the pulmonary plexus derived from?
Answer
  • Vagus nerve (CNX)
  • T2-T6
  • T7-T12
  • Accessory nerve (CNXI)

Question 37

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Where do the visceral afferents of the pulmonary plexus conduct pain impulses to?
Answer
  • Sensory ganglion of vagus nerve
  • T2-T6
  • Hypothalamus
  • Spinal cord levels T1-T5

Question 38

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Which fibres of the pulmonary plexus are responsible for secretion from the bronchial glands, bronchoconstriction and vasodilation of pulmonary vessels?
Answer
  • Sympathetic
  • Parasympathetic

Question 39

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Which fibres of the pulmonary plexus are responsible for bronchodilation and vasoconstriction of pulmonary vessels?
Answer
  • Parasympathetic
  • Sympathetic

Question 40

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Drag and drop the correct labels to describe the structure of the lymphatics of the lungs.
Answer
  • Bronchomediastinal lymphatic trunks
  • Thoracic duct
  • Paratracheal nodes
  • Tracheobronchial nodes
  • Bronchopulmonary nodes

Question 41

Question
Why might left sided lymph node enlargement of the lungs indicate right lung pathology?
Answer
  • Right lung can drain to the left nodes
  • Right lung has none of its own lymph nodes
  • Right lung drains to left nodes and left lung drains to right nodes
  • Left lung can drain to the right nodes
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