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What is the function of the airways in the respiratory system?
What is the function of the airways in the respiratory system?
- Filtering carbon dioxide
- Absorbing oxygen
- Producing red blood cells
- Transporting air (correct)
How are foreign particles cleared from the airways?
How are foreign particles cleared from the airways?
- By diffusion into the alveoli
- By attaching to red blood cells
- By being coughed out or carried upward by small hairs (correct)
- By converting into oxygen
What is the purpose of respiratory gas conditioning?
What is the purpose of respiratory gas conditioning?
- Adding more foreign particles
- Filtering out oxygen
- Cooling the respiratory gas
- Warming, humidifying, and purifying the respiratory gas (correct)
Why is artificial respiratory humidification important for mechanically ventilated patients?
Why is artificial respiratory humidification important for mechanically ventilated patients?
Which mechanism removes large foreign particles from the airways?
Which mechanism removes large foreign particles from the airways?
What consequence may occur if natural respiratory humidification fails in the body?
What consequence may occur if natural respiratory humidification fails in the body?
What is the percentage of respiratory gas conditioning that takes place in the upper respiratory tract in a healthy person?
What is the percentage of respiratory gas conditioning that takes place in the upper respiratory tract in a healthy person?
How does the warming of breathing air occur in the upper respiratory tract?
How does the warming of breathing air occur in the upper respiratory tract?
What happens to the mucous membranes during exhalation in a healthy adult person?
What happens to the mucous membranes during exhalation in a healthy adult person?
Why is humidification necessary during invasive mechanical ventilation?
Why is humidification necessary during invasive mechanical ventilation?
What can occur if the upper airway is bypassed during invasive mechanical ventilation?
What can occur if the upper airway is bypassed during invasive mechanical ventilation?
During inspiration, what do well-vascularized mucous membranes inside the nose and mouth release to the passing respiratory gas?
During inspiration, what do well-vascularized mucous membranes inside the nose and mouth release to the passing respiratory gas?
What is the main function of mucociliary clearance in the lung epithelium?
What is the main function of mucociliary clearance in the lung epithelium?
Which component of the airways is responsible for propelling the fluid and mucus layer from distal to proximal lung airways?
Which component of the airways is responsible for propelling the fluid and mucus layer from distal to proximal lung airways?
What can happen if mucociliary clearance is impaired in the airways?
What can happen if mucociliary clearance is impaired in the airways?
Which part of the respiratory system has a higher number of ciliated cells?
Which part of the respiratory system has a higher number of ciliated cells?
What kind of defects can impair mucociliary clearance in the airways?
What kind of defects can impair mucociliary clearance in the airways?
Besides mucus secretion by the epithelium, what else helps in maintaining proper mucociliary clearance in the proximal airways?
Besides mucus secretion by the epithelium, what else helps in maintaining proper mucociliary clearance in the proximal airways?
