Author Question: Your prescription bottle reads 2PO QID X 7D. What does this mean? a. Take 2 pills, 3 times per day, ... (Read 41 times)

audragclark · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

Your prescription bottle reads 2PO QID X 7D. What does this mean?
a. Take 2 pills, 3 times per day, for 7 days.
b. Take 1 pill, 4 times per day, for 7 days.
c. Take 2 pills, 4 times per day, for 7 days.
d. Take 1 pill, 3 times per day, for 7 days.

Question 2

Explain the anatomy and physiology of breathing. Include an explanation of what happens during the inbreath and outbreath stages of breathing.

leahchrapun · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

When the diaphragm contracts, it tightens and draws downward because it is anchored all along the rim of the rib cage. This downward movement increases the volume of the chest cavity, in which the lungs are located on either side of the heart. The increased volume in the chest produces a decrease in the air pressure in the lungs. Because of the decreased pressure inside the lungs, air from outside the body, which is at a higher pressure, flows into the lungs to equalize the pressure. This is the inbreath. After the diaphragm contracts, it goes through a relaxation. As the diaphragm muscle relaxes, it gets looser and returns to its original position higher up in the chest, thereby decreasing the volume of the chest cavity. This increases the pressure in the chest, which forces the air in the lungs out through the nose (and mouth if it is open). This is the outbreath. So in all breathing, the air is drawn into the lungs as the diaphragm contracts and lowers, and it is expelled as the diaphragm relaxes and comes back up.