SHADOW HEALTH RESPIRATORY CONCEPT
LAB 2026 ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What happens during auscultation? Answer: Healthcare
professional listen to the heart sounds through a stethoscope
◉ What are bronchial sounds and how are these sounds detected?
Answer: Harsh, high-pitched, & loud sound that can be heard
above the manubrium (over the trachea).
◉ What are bronchovesicular sounds and how are these sounds
detected? Answer: Medium in loudness & pitch sounds that can be
heard over the main bronchi
◉ What are vesicular sounds and how are these sounds detected?
Answer: The softest and lowest in pitch sounds that are heard over
the lower bronchi, bronchioles, and lobes
◉ Lungs Lobes Answer:
◉ Where are vesicular sounds normally heard? Answer: peripheral
lung tissue
, ◉ What is so important about increased breath sounds? Answer: It
may detail that the location of breath sounds is off. For instance, if
bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds (i.e lounder and harsher) are
in peripheral lung tissue (where vesicular sounds usually are) this is
due to underlying lung tissues fill with liquid or solid material
instead of air.
◉ What are adventitious sounds? Answer: abnormal sounds present
in addition to the normal lungs sounds
◉ What are [fine] crackles? Answer: High-pitched crackling sounds
that occur when inhaled air meets DEFLATED alveoli, causing them
to pop open
◉ 3 major key points about fine crackles? Answer: • short popping
sounds
• high-pitched
• location: usually bases of lower lobes
◉ What do fine crackles sound like? Answer: like the noise made by
rolling a strand of hair b/w the thumb and index finger
◉ What is the existence of fine crackles in a vesicular region a likely
indicator of? Answer: pneumonia
LAB 2026 ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What happens during auscultation? Answer: Healthcare
professional listen to the heart sounds through a stethoscope
◉ What are bronchial sounds and how are these sounds detected?
Answer: Harsh, high-pitched, & loud sound that can be heard
above the manubrium (over the trachea).
◉ What are bronchovesicular sounds and how are these sounds
detected? Answer: Medium in loudness & pitch sounds that can be
heard over the main bronchi
◉ What are vesicular sounds and how are these sounds detected?
Answer: The softest and lowest in pitch sounds that are heard over
the lower bronchi, bronchioles, and lobes
◉ Lungs Lobes Answer:
◉ Where are vesicular sounds normally heard? Answer: peripheral
lung tissue
, ◉ What is so important about increased breath sounds? Answer: It
may detail that the location of breath sounds is off. For instance, if
bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds (i.e lounder and harsher) are
in peripheral lung tissue (where vesicular sounds usually are) this is
due to underlying lung tissues fill with liquid or solid material
instead of air.
◉ What are adventitious sounds? Answer: abnormal sounds present
in addition to the normal lungs sounds
◉ What are [fine] crackles? Answer: High-pitched crackling sounds
that occur when inhaled air meets DEFLATED alveoli, causing them
to pop open
◉ 3 major key points about fine crackles? Answer: • short popping
sounds
• high-pitched
• location: usually bases of lower lobes
◉ What do fine crackles sound like? Answer: like the noise made by
rolling a strand of hair b/w the thumb and index finger
◉ What is the existence of fine crackles in a vesicular region a likely
indicator of? Answer: pneumonia
