Respiratory Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchiole Types, Pulmonary lobule, Collateral Ventilation, Emphysema, and Lung Disease
- 1. What is COPD, and what is it characterized by?
- 2. Provide a description of bronchi, and differentiate them from the bronchioles.
- 3. What are the types of bronchioles?
- 4. What is the acinus?
- 5. What is the pulmonary lobule?
- 6. Describe collateral ventilation.
- 7. What defines emphysema? Describe its pathology.
- 8. Compare centrilobular and panlobular emphysema.
- 9. List and describe the major pathologic changes that occur in COPD.
- 10. What are some clinical syndromes of COPD? How are they clinically defined?
- 12. What are some causes of airflow limitation?
- 13. What is the proteolytic enzyme hypothesis?
- 14. What are some ways in which lung cancer is related to smoking?
- 15. Define squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, small cell undifferentiated carcinoma, large cell undifferentiated carcinoma, bronchial adenoma, and mesothelioma.
- 16. Which of the types of lung cancer are least likely to present as central masses?
- 17. List the five ‘paraneoplastic’ syndromes.
- 18. What are the tests used to diagnose a lung tumor?
- 19. What are possible treatments, and when should each be used?
- 20. What are the determinants of prognosis in lung cancer?
- 21. Which type of lung cancer has the best overall prognosis? Worst?
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