KROK 1 2009 – Question 44 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
A patient was admitted to the hospital with an asphyxia attack provoked by a spasm of smooth muscles of the respiratory tracts. This attack was mainly caused by alterations in the following parts of the airways:
- A. Terminal bronchioles
- B. Median bronchi
- C. Small bronchi
- D. Respiratory part
- E. Large bronchi
Hint
Consider how the airway wall changes from the trachea downward and where spasm of the muscle layer would raise the resistance to airflow most.
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