Weeks 1-3 Jeopardy Game

Week 1

100

What muscle connects rib 1 to clavicle

Subclavius

200

What factors might cause microbial persistence in airways?

Dehydration, smoke and epithelial injury

300

What are some examples of enveloped viruses

Influenza, COVID, RSV

400

Diaphragm is innervated by which nerve and what levels

Phrenic nerve C3C4C5

500

What do the pharyngeal muscles, constrictor muscles, do?

Contract to allow movement of the food bolus  

Week 2

100

What does a normal cardiac silhouette look like in emphysema

Decreased (UNLESS heart failure)

200

Causes of respiratory alkalosis

1. Strong emotions (pain, anxiety, fear) 
2. Over stimulation of ventilation (brian injury, tumour)-> which can lead ot hyperventilation 
3. Hypoxaemia (astham, pneumonia, Congestive heart disease, high altitude)-> where hyperventilation can happen as a compensatory mechanism 
4. Hypermetabolic states (fever, hyperthyroidd, sepsis) 
5. Iatrogenic-> mechanical ventilator
6. Secondary-> hyperventilation during respiratory or metabolic acidosis

300

What cavity is bound by true and false vocal cords? 

Laryngeal cavity 

400

Why does obstructive disorders present with a concave shape in the volume-flow loop?

Small airways drag out expiration so the loop has a long, dragged out concave shape

500

A1 anti-trypsin deficiency is most likely correlated with what lung disorder and why

Emphysema

Encourages breakdown of alveolar walls 

Week 3

100

What conditions can cause reduced compliance?

Fibrosis, pulmonary oedema, atelactasis, ARDS

200

Metaclopramide is a Dopamine-2 agonist or antagonist?

Antagonist 

300

Lung cancers often spread to which lymph node?

Mediastinal 

400

What is the characteristic feature on microscopy of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?

Hyaline membrane

500

Which histology pattern/s is more concerning for a patient with suspected lung cancer?

if hint needed say yes

Micropapillary and Solid - more aggressive growth and behaviour 

Lepidic is ok

Mixed (hard)

100

trachea bifurcates at which important landmark, and which level 

sternal angle, and costal attachment of second rib

200

What is a rimaglottis

Space between true and false vocal cords 

300

What fraction of each tidal volume stays in anatomical dead space

1/3

400

Pleural tumours are most likely to be related to which chemical exposure?

Asbestos

500

A patient with methaemoglobinaemia has what pathology?

altered Hb where iron is oxidised into ferric 3+ instead of normal ferrous