The nurse presenting community education about the structures of the upper respiratory tract (URT) would include which function?
1. Air cooling
2. Sympathomimetic conditioning
3. Air conditioning
4. Drying
3
Rationale 1: The air is not cooled by these structures.
Rationale 2: Sympathomimetic is a class of drugs.
Rationale 3: These structures warm, humidify, and clean the air in a process sometimes referred to as "air conditioning."
Rationale 4: Drying does not occur in this process.
Global Rationale: These structures warm, humidify, and clean the air in a process sometimes referred to as "air conditioning." The air is not cooled or dried by these structures. Sympathomimetic is a class of drugs.
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