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TVarnum · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

Emphysema is defined as:

a. chronic productive cough.
b. conducting airway enlargement.
c. destruction of alveolar walls without fi-brosis.
d. hemoptysis associated with productive cough and alveolar-capillary membrane destruction.

Question 2

Where does COPD rank among the leading causes of death in the United States?

a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Fourth

ju · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 16, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Emphysema is defined in anatomical terms as a condition characterized by abnormal, permanent enlargement of the airspaces beyond the terminal bronchiole, accompanied by destruction of the walls of the airspaces without fibrosis.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
COPD is now the third leading cause of death in the United States.