chapter 1; Basic Terms and Concepts of Mechanical VentilationTest Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The body’s mechanism for conducting air in and out of the lungs is known as which of the following? a. External respiration b. Internal respiration c. Spontaneous ventilation d. Mechanical ventilation ANS: C The conduction of air in and out of the body is known as ventilation. Since the question asks for the body’s mechanism, this would be spontaneous ventilation. External respiration involv...

A place to measure temperature AXILLA (UNDERARM) Something in the ventilator circuit that adds dead space (abbreviation) HME A cause of abdominal distention due to fluid ASCITES The ____________inflection point indicates a time at which large numbers of alveoli are becoming overinflated UPPER

The type of pressure measured by occluding the airway during the first 100 ms of a patient's spontaneous inspiration OCCLUSION A method of sampling respired gases that extracts gas from the airway through a narrow plastic tube to the measuring chamber, which is located in a separate console SIDESTREAM The type of dead space free of carbon dioxide ANATOMIC Opposition to airflow RESISTANCE