Question: oropharyngeal airway

Answer: Airway junction used in your oropharynx airway. It has two principle uses (1) To keep the tongue from blocking the upper airway, (2) to make it easier to suction the oropharynx if necessary.

Question: Head-Tilt-Chin-Lift Maneuver

Answer: is a simple technique for opening the airway in a patient without a suspected cervical spine injury.

Question:

Answer: Blood coming from the right side of the heart bypasses nonfunctional alveoli and returns to the left side of the heart in an unoxygenated state.

Question: Structures of the lower airway include all of the following, EXCEPT:

-alveoli.

-the trachea

-the epiglottis.

-bronchioles.

Answer: The epiglottis.

Question: The diaphragm is innervated by the _________ nerve, which allows it to contract.

-vagus

-phrenic

-hypoglossal

-vestibulocochlear

Answer: phrenic