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NURS 172 Unit 2 Exam Questions
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____ pressure in the lungs causes air to passively leave the lungs
Correct Answers increased

this occurs in expiration

- Damage to endocardial lining of heart
- Native or prosthetic (right or left side)
- Effects mitral - most commonly
- Pulmonic valve least commonly effected Correct Answers
infectious endocarditis

- inflammation of pericardium
- fluid build up in pericardial space
- common after MI Correct Answers pericarditis

1st clinical manifestation sign of valvular disease Correct
Answers heart murmur

4 paranasal sinuses Correct Answers ethmoid
frontal
sphenoid
maxillary

4 stages of wound healing Correct Answers hemostasis
inflammation
proliferation
remodeling

,5 functions of paranasal sinuses Correct Answers - humidify
and warm inspired air
- absorb shock
- protect from facial trauma
- provide voice resonance
- decrease weight of skull

6 P's of compartment syndrome Correct Answers Pain
Pressure
Paresthesia
Pallor
Paralysis
Pulselessness

a measure of the CO2 dissolved in the blood Correct Answers
PCO2

adequate ventilation with poor perfusion is referred to as
Correct Answers V/Q mismatch

ventilation/perfusion

Amount of blood forced out of the left ventricle by each
contraction? Correct Answers Stroke volume

amount of blood in ventricles at the end of diastole / amount of
muscle stretch at the end of filling? Correct Answers preload

an example of a condition that can cause low V/Q mismatch?
Correct Answers pneumonia

, an example of a condition that can cause V/Q mismatch?
Correct Answers PE

pulmonary embolism

areas of the tracheobronchial tree that do not participate in
exchange or respiration Correct Answers dead space

biggest difference b/w MI and pericarditis Correct Answers
relief when leaning forward or sitting up = pericarditis

blood moving from right to left heart without going through the
lungs (may be caused by congenital heart defects) Correct
Answers anatomical shunt

breaking off of a clot that blocks smaller blood vessels Correct
Answers emobolization

bronchioles --> ___ bronchioles --> ___ bronchioles Correct
Answers terminal
respiratory

causes of infectious endocarditis Correct Answers staph and
strep

causes of pericarditis Correct Answers - infectious (virus,
bacteria fungal or parasitic)
- noninfectious
- ideopathic

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