NUR 3069 HA Exam 2 Questions and
Correct Answers 2026 Updated.
amplitude - Answer intensity (loud or soft)
pitch - Answer frequency (high pitch or low pitch)
quality - Answer timbre (subjective difference)
duration - Answer length of time the note lingers
louder, deeper, and longer sound; vibrates freely - Answer a structure with relatively more
air such as the lungs and why
produces a softer, higher, shorter sound; does not vibrate as easily - Answer a structure that
is more dense and solid (such as the liver)
artifact - Answer extra noise that can be heard when auscultating
flat - Answer dead-stop sound when no air is present (thigh); very soft and very short
duration
dull - Answer muffled thud over relatively dense organ (liver); soft and short duration
tympany - Answer musical, drum-like over air filled structure (stomach); loud and longest
duration
hyperresonant - Answer booming over lungs with increased air (emphysema); louder, long
duration
resonant - Answer clear hollow over normal lung tissue; medium loud, moderate duration
keratin - Answer tough, fibrous protein that's a major component of newly formed skin cells
melanocytes - Answer cells that produce the pigment melanin
, lanugo; vellus; terminal - Answer fine downy hair in utero __ ; changes to __ after term,
which is fine faint peach fuzz that covers most of body; different type of hair that is darker and
thicker and covers scalp, eyebrows, axillae, etc. ___
pruritis - Answer itching
ecchymosis - Answer excessive bruising
alopecia - Answer hair loss
pallor - Answer lack of color; classic sign of anemia; expected manifestation of an adrenergic
response
erythema - Answer red color (increased pigment); classic sign of inflammation
plethora - Answer ruddy color; manifestation of polycythemia
cyanosis - Answer blue color; decreased hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin)
jaundice - Answer yellow color; due to increased hemolysis, bilirubin; overwhelms the liver;
also scleral icterus
motling - Answer splotchy color; typically from vasoconstriction (cold/stress)
vitiligo - Answer condition caused by melanin loss
freckles - Answer small, flat macules of brown melanin pigment occurring on sun exposed
areas
moles/nevi - Answer a proliferation of melanocytes, tan-brown color, flat or raised, typically
small (pencil eraser size)
Assymetry; Border irregularity; Color variation; Diameter > 6 mm; Elevation & Elongation -
Answer ABCDE Mnemonic of danger signs during skin inspection
macule - Answer < 1 cm, flat, circumscribed (color)
Correct Answers 2026 Updated.
amplitude - Answer intensity (loud or soft)
pitch - Answer frequency (high pitch or low pitch)
quality - Answer timbre (subjective difference)
duration - Answer length of time the note lingers
louder, deeper, and longer sound; vibrates freely - Answer a structure with relatively more
air such as the lungs and why
produces a softer, higher, shorter sound; does not vibrate as easily - Answer a structure that
is more dense and solid (such as the liver)
artifact - Answer extra noise that can be heard when auscultating
flat - Answer dead-stop sound when no air is present (thigh); very soft and very short
duration
dull - Answer muffled thud over relatively dense organ (liver); soft and short duration
tympany - Answer musical, drum-like over air filled structure (stomach); loud and longest
duration
hyperresonant - Answer booming over lungs with increased air (emphysema); louder, long
duration
resonant - Answer clear hollow over normal lung tissue; medium loud, moderate duration
keratin - Answer tough, fibrous protein that's a major component of newly formed skin cells
melanocytes - Answer cells that produce the pigment melanin
, lanugo; vellus; terminal - Answer fine downy hair in utero __ ; changes to __ after term,
which is fine faint peach fuzz that covers most of body; different type of hair that is darker and
thicker and covers scalp, eyebrows, axillae, etc. ___
pruritis - Answer itching
ecchymosis - Answer excessive bruising
alopecia - Answer hair loss
pallor - Answer lack of color; classic sign of anemia; expected manifestation of an adrenergic
response
erythema - Answer red color (increased pigment); classic sign of inflammation
plethora - Answer ruddy color; manifestation of polycythemia
cyanosis - Answer blue color; decreased hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin)
jaundice - Answer yellow color; due to increased hemolysis, bilirubin; overwhelms the liver;
also scleral icterus
motling - Answer splotchy color; typically from vasoconstriction (cold/stress)
vitiligo - Answer condition caused by melanin loss
freckles - Answer small, flat macules of brown melanin pigment occurring on sun exposed
areas
moles/nevi - Answer a proliferation of melanocytes, tan-brown color, flat or raised, typically
small (pencil eraser size)
Assymetry; Border irregularity; Color variation; Diameter > 6 mm; Elevation & Elongation -
Answer ABCDE Mnemonic of danger signs during skin inspection
macule - Answer < 1 cm, flat, circumscribed (color)
