Step 19: Review Practice Exercise 24-4
Review the answers to the Practice Exercise and use this as a study tool when preparing for your quiz.
1. The largest amount of air that you can forcefully exhale after breathing in as deeply as you can. d. FVC
2. The amount of air forcibly exhaled after normal respiration. c. ERV
3. The amount of air in the lungs after maximum inspiration. c. Total lung capacity
4. This measures how fast air comes out of the lungs when you exhale forcefully after fully inhaling. c. Peak flow meter
5. Machines that turn liquid asthma medicine into a fine mist that’s inhaled into the lungs. a. Nebulizer
6. What three components make up a spirometer? The mouthpiece, tube and recording device.
7. During a spirometry test, what do the results of expiration and inspiratory reserve volume plus tidal volume determine? Vital capacity
8. What should the patient remember about the spirometer mouthpiece? Her lips must seal tightly around the mouthpiece.
9. For best results on a peak flow measurement, the patient should have his mouth tightly closed around the mouthpiece, and should be in what position? Standing up straight
10. Which is a portable device that shoots medication directly into the respiratory system to assist with asthma? Inhaler
11. What is the purpose of the PFT? Evaluate lung volume and capacity; diagnose obstructive or restrictive diseases; and assess the effectiveness of drugs or therapy.