NUR 105 Respiratory 1

NUR 105 Respiratory 1

• What are functions of the respiratory system?

Answer breathing/gas exchange acid-base balance

speech smell fluid balance temp control

• Gas exchange-

Answer the process by which oxygen is transported to cells and carbon dioxide is transported from cells

• Ventilation-

Answer movement of air in and out of the lungs

• Perfusion-

Answer arterial blood flow through the tissues and blood that is pumped by the heart

• What is in the upper respiratory tract?

Answer nose and sinuses pharynx larynx glottis epiglottis

• What is in the lower respiratory tract?

Answer airways- trachea, mainstem bronchi, bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli

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• How many lobes are in the left and right lung?

Answer Left

2 Right

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• Pleura-

Answer continuous smooth membrane with two surfaces that totally enclose the lung

• What are the three types of pleura?

Answer parietal visceral intrapleural

• What are the accessory muscles of respiration?

Answer diaphragm back abdomen chest

• What is the personal history assessment of the lungs?

Answer smoking drug use

allergies travel area of residence occupation

• What is an indication of a chronic respiratory condition? 2 / 3

Answer barrel shaped chest

• What are normal breath sounds?

Answer bronchial, vesicular, bronchovesicular

• What do bronchial breath sounds sound like?

Answer harsh, hollow sounds over trachea

• What do vesicular breath sounds sound like?

Answer soft rustling sounds heard in lung tissue over small bronchioles

• What are abnormal breath sounds?

Answer crackle, wheeze, rhonchus, pleural friction rub

• What do crackle breath sounds sound like?

Answer liquid bubbling or crackling (pulmonary edema & pneumonia)

• What are the two types of crackle breath sounds?

Answer fine (rubbing hair between fingers) and coarse (velcro pulled apart)

• What do wheeze breath sounds sound like?

Answer high pitched like a musical flute (asthma & CPOD)

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