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fahad

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What is the common name given to classify the airway from the nares to the terminal bronchi-oles?
 
  a. Conducting airways
  b. Respiratory airways
  c. Transitional airways
  d. Upper airway

Question 2

Which of the following describes an acinus?
 
  a. Each acinus is comprised of five terminal respiratory units.
  b. It consists of all structures distal to a ter-minal bronchiole.
  c. It is composed of the smaller conducting airways.
  d. It is the transitional portion of the lung between conduction and respiration.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The airways from the nares to and including the terminal bronchioles comprise the conducting zone airways, which do not participate in gas exchange.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
A single terminal bronchiole supplies a cluster of respiratory bronchioles. Collectively, this unit is referred to as the acinus.



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