Chapter 40 Pulmonology || Questions and 100% Accurate Answers.

surfactant correct answers a mixture of protein and fats that lines the alveoli and prevents the tissues from sticking together and collapsing during exhalation diaphragm correct answers a broad, dome-shaped muscle used for breathing; separates the throacic and abdominopelvic cavities paranasal sinuses correct answers hollow, air-filled cavities in the skull and facial bones; lighten the weight of the skull and increase the tone, or resonance, of speech respiratory arrest correct answers when breathing completely stops expiration correct answers exhalation inspiration correct answers inhalation hypercapnia correct answers excessive carbon dioxide in the blood intercostal muscles correct answers muscles between the ribs accessory muscle correct answers The secondary muscles of respiration. They include the neck muscles (sternocleidomastoids), the chest pectoralis major muscles, and the abdominal muscles. apnea correct answers absence of breathing hypoxemia correct answers decreased level of oxygen in the blood bradypnea correct answers slow breathing orthopnea correct answers ability to breathe easily only in an upright position hyperpnea correct answers excessive breathing wheezing correct answers High pitched sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease corticosteriods correct answers a group of steriod hormones produced in the body or given as medications productive cough correct answers cough with spitting of material from the bronchi brochodilator correct answers relaxes bronchial passageways antipyretic correct answers reduces fever