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#Question id: 24185


In Moby Dick, Herman Melville wrote that the whale men were “enveloped in whale lines,” that each man relied on the others during moments of danger.

#General Aptitude
  1. The small boats that pursued the whales left the whaling ship far behind; each man in a boat had to depend on the others to stay alive.
  2. Once the whale was harpooned, the whale line unraveled so fast that water had to be poured on it to keep it from smoking.
  3. The whale line was the rope, dozens of yards long, that attached to the harpoon; it was raveled under the seats of all the men metaphorically connecting each man to the next.
  4. One wrong move and the line would snap a man right out of the boat; thus, his life depended on whether the crew would cut the whale loose to save him, or leave him in the ocean during the heat of the hunt.
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#Question id: 11074

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 30-year-old woman performs a valsalva maneuver about 30 min after eating lunch. Which of the following best describes the changes in pulmonary and systemic blood volumes that occur in this woman?


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#Question id: 11073

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The respiratory passageways have smooth muscle in their walls. Which of the following best describes the effect of acetylcholine and epinephrine on the respiratory passageways?

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#Question id: 11069

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 22-year-old woman inhales as much air as possible and exhales as much air as she can producing the spirogram shown in the figure. A residual volume of 1.0 L was determined using the helium dilution technique. What is her functional residual capacity (in liters)?

 

 

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#Question id: 11067

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A preterm infant has a surfactant deficiency. Without surfactant, many of the alveoli collapse at the end of each expiration, which in turn leads to pulmonary failure. Which of the following sets of changes are present in the preterm infant, compared to a normal infant?


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#Question id: 11064

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The diagram above shows three different compliance curves (S, T, and U) for isolated lungs subjected to various transpulmonary pressures. Which of the following best describe the relative compliances for the three curves?


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#Question id: 10879

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

If the inspiratory reserve volume is 3000 mL, the tidal volume is 500 mL, the expiratory reserve volume is 1000 mL, and the residual volume is 1000 mL, what is the vital capacity?