placeholder image to represent content

Thoracic

Quiz by Jamie Tidwell

Feel free to use or edit a copy

includes Teacher and Student dashboards

Measure skills
from any curriculum

Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.

With a free account, teachers can
  • edit the questions
  • save a copy for later
  • start a class game
  • automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
  • assign as homework
  • share a link with colleagues
  • print as a bubble sheet

Our brand new solo games combine with your quiz, on the same screen

Correct quiz answers unlock more play!

New Quizalize solo game modes
80 questions
Show answers
  • Q1

    Areas of over-distention in the lung tissue:

    Blebs

    Expiration

    Dyspnea

    Empyema

    30s
  • Q2

    The process of moving air into and out of the lungs during breathing

    Expiration

    Perfusion

    Inspiration

    Ventilation

    30s
  • Q3

    A blood test that determines CO2, oxygen saturation, pH, and other important parameters of respiration and oxygen perfusion

    Hemoptysis

    Arterial blood gas

    Pulmonary function tests

    Diffusion

    30s
  • Q4

    Test performed to measure the function and strength of the pulmonary system:

    Pulmonary function tests

    Arterial blood gas

    Hemoptysis

    Diffusion

    30s
  • Q5

    The passage of oxygen across the alveoli and into the bloodstream

    Diffusion

    Perfusion

    Ventilation

    Inspiration

    30s
  • Q6

    The term for difficulty breathing:

    Hypoxia

    Dyspnea

    Empyema

    Hemothorax

    30s
  • Q7

    Medical term describing air in the chest cavity:

    Perfusion

    Hemoptysis

    Pneumothorax

    Hemothorax

    30s
  • Q8

    The thoracic cavity is under ____________ pressure:

    All of the above

    None of the above

    Negative

    Positive

    30s
  • Q9

    What happens when air enters the thoracic cavity?

    It causes the lungs to inflate

    It causes the lungs to collapse

    It causes the lungs to expand

    It causes the lungs to deflate

    30s
  • Q10

    The diaphragm is a:

    Sealed barrier between the thoracic and abdominal cavity

    Sealed barrier between the pelvic and abdominal cavity

    Sealed barrier between the thoracic and pleural cavities

    Sealed barrier between the pleural cavities

    30s
  • Q11

    Movement and absorption of oxygen molecules into body tissue:

    Inspiration

    Diffusion

    Perfusion

    Ventilation

    30s
  • Q12

    Part of the upper respiratory tract that helps filter air:

    Nares

    Conchae

    Olfactory nerves

    Nasal hairs

    30s
  • Q13

    Part of the upper respiratory tract that is responsible for the sense of smell:

    Nares

    Conchae

    Olfactory nerves

    Nasal hairs

    30s
  • Q14

    Lined with mucous membrane and help warm and humidify air:

    Nares

    Paranasal sinuses

    Olfactory nerves

    Nasal hairs

    30s
  • Q15

    The palatine tonsils are located in the:

    Thyroid cartilage

    Oropharynx

    Laryngopharynx

    Nasopharynx

    30s

Teachers give this quiz to your class