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The respiratory system can be divided into what 2 structures? - Answer conducting airways and respiratory tissues What are the levels of branching? - Answer Trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli Where is the site of gas exchange? - Answer Alveoli What cells are in the alveolar epithelium? - Answer Type 1 and II alveolar cells, macrophages Describe what happens during inspiration and expiration: - Answer During inspiration, air is drawn into the lungs as the respiratory mus...

AQA A LEVEL BIOLOGY Paper 1 2024 What is the function of the cell membrane? - ANS To control what enters and leaves the cell, acts as a barrier between the cell and its environment. What structural feature of the cell membrane allows substances to enter/leave? - ANS Partially permeable What is the fluid mosaic model? - ANS States that a membrane is a fluid structure (because phospholipids are constantly moving) with a "mosaic" of various proteins embedded in it Describe t...

plasma membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus - Answer- what 3 parts does every cell in the human body have? metabolic life (cellular functions) - Answer- what functions do organelles carry out? processes that include growth, metabolism, replication, protein synthesis, & movement - Answer- what are the metabolic functions? plasma membrane - Answer- made of a phospholipid bilayer embedded w proteins cytoplasm - Answer- semi fluid substance inside the membrane that contains organelles nucleus...

CCI RCIS Practice Exam Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Q: All of the following would be considered a mechanism of restenosis of a post-PCI patient? Answer: intimal thickening elastic recoil vassel remodeling Q: The normal systolic blood pressure for an adult would be considered ? Answer: 90-140 mmHg Q: For a ventriculopgraphy being performed in the CCL, what would the power injector setting be for a typical adult p...

Wound Care 2 Questions and Answers Graded A+ Which of the following cells would you find in the dermis? Keratinocytes Macrophages Melanocytes Merkel cells Macrophages The collagen produced by fibroblasts in the dermis is responsible for giving the skin: Elastic recoil Insulation Sensation Tensile strength Tensile strength What cell recognizes and produces antibodies? Lymphocyte Neutrophil Platelet Red blood cell Lymphocyte What is the normal value for white blood...

ATLS EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+[ACTUAL EXAM 100%] True or false? Although the mechanism of injury may be similar to those for the younger population, data shows increased mortality with similar severity of injury in older adults. - ANS---True In the elderly population, what is decreased physiological reserve? - ANS---aging is characterized by impaired adaptive and homeostatic mechanisms that caused an increased susceptibility to the stress of injury. Insults tolerated by the you...

PORTAGE LEARNING NURS 231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 2024/ 2025 Module 5 {LATEST UPDATE} The respiratory system can be divided into what 2 structures? - ANSWER Conducting airways and respiratory tissues What are the levels of branching? - ANSWER Trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli Where is the site of gas exchange? - ANSWER Alveoli What cells are in the alveolar epithelium? - ANSWER...

NURS242 Exam 3 Latest Questions With Verified Answers 2024 What is ventilation? - Correct Answer the movement of air into and out of the lungs What is perfusion? - Correct Answer the circulation of blood through the lungs What are central chemoreceptors responsive to? - Correct Answer increased H+ in the brain ECF; increased PaCO2; "hypercarbic drive" What are peripheral chemoreceptors responsive to? - Correct Answer decreased pH; increased PaCO2; decreased PaO2; "hypoxic dri...

Family Medicine EOR Pulmonology Exam Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Q: What is COPD? Answer: Largely irreversible airflow obstruction due to loss of elastic recoil & increased airway resistance Q: What two diseases does COPD include? Answer: Emphysema Chronic bronchitis Q: What is a genetic disorder that leads to panacinar emphysema? Answer: Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency ** only genetic disease linked to COPD in patie...

NSG 300 Exam 3 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers 3 steps in the process of oxygenation: - Correct Answer ventilation, perfusion, and diffusion Is inspiration an active or passive process? - Correct Answer active; stimulated by chemical receptors in the aorta Is expiration an active or passive process? - Correct Answer passive; depends on the elastic recoil properties of the lungs, requiring little or no muscle work TRUE or FALSE: clubbing will not occur in patients with asth...