NUR203 EXAM 2 2026 TEST PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ asthma. Answer: A chronic allergic disorder characterized by
episodes of severe breathing difficulty, coughing, and wheezing.
◉ atelectasis. Answer: collapsed lung
◉ barrel chest. Answer: lungs filled with air, can't breathe out
◉ bradypnea. Answer: slow breathing
◉ bronchophony. Answer: A test of decreased breath sounds
performed by placing the diaphragm of the stethoscope over the
area in question while the patient says "ninety-nine"; a loud, clear
sound indicates lung consolidation.
◉ costal angle. Answer: the angle between the ribs at the costal
margins
◉ clubbing. Answer: bulbous enlargement of distal phalanges of
fingers and toes that occurs with chronic cyanotic heart and lung
conditions
,◉ crackles. Answer: fine - fluid in alveoli
coarse - fluid in smaller airways
◉ crepitus. Answer: subcutaneous air from collapsed lung
◉ dyspnea. Answer: difficult or labored breathing
◉ hemoptysis. Answer: coughing up blood
◉ hyperventilation. Answer: the condition of taking abnormally fast,
deep breaths
◉ hypoventiliation. Answer: breathing too shallow or too slowly; not
receiving enough oxygen in the alveoli
◉ emphysema. Answer: A serious disease that destroys lung tissue
and causes breathing difficulties.
◉ eupnea. Answer: normal breathing
◉ orthopnea. Answer: ability to breathe only in an upright position
, ◉ paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. Answer: sudden awakening from
sleeping with shortness of breath
◉ pneumonia. Answer: inflammation of the lungs due to fluid or
mucus in alveoli because of infection or virus
◉ pneumothorax. Answer: collapsed lung
◉ rales. Answer: Rattling sound when breathing, lower/moist.
◉ resonance. Answer: normal sound
deep, full, reverberating sound
◉ retractions. Answer: Movements in which the skin pulls in around
the ribs during inspiration.
◉ rhonchi. Answer: mucous in large airways
◉ wheeze. Answer: narrowed airway
◉ stridor. Answer: narrowed trachea
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ asthma. Answer: A chronic allergic disorder characterized by
episodes of severe breathing difficulty, coughing, and wheezing.
◉ atelectasis. Answer: collapsed lung
◉ barrel chest. Answer: lungs filled with air, can't breathe out
◉ bradypnea. Answer: slow breathing
◉ bronchophony. Answer: A test of decreased breath sounds
performed by placing the diaphragm of the stethoscope over the
area in question while the patient says "ninety-nine"; a loud, clear
sound indicates lung consolidation.
◉ costal angle. Answer: the angle between the ribs at the costal
margins
◉ clubbing. Answer: bulbous enlargement of distal phalanges of
fingers and toes that occurs with chronic cyanotic heart and lung
conditions
,◉ crackles. Answer: fine - fluid in alveoli
coarse - fluid in smaller airways
◉ crepitus. Answer: subcutaneous air from collapsed lung
◉ dyspnea. Answer: difficult or labored breathing
◉ hemoptysis. Answer: coughing up blood
◉ hyperventilation. Answer: the condition of taking abnormally fast,
deep breaths
◉ hypoventiliation. Answer: breathing too shallow or too slowly; not
receiving enough oxygen in the alveoli
◉ emphysema. Answer: A serious disease that destroys lung tissue
and causes breathing difficulties.
◉ eupnea. Answer: normal breathing
◉ orthopnea. Answer: ability to breathe only in an upright position
, ◉ paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. Answer: sudden awakening from
sleeping with shortness of breath
◉ pneumonia. Answer: inflammation of the lungs due to fluid or
mucus in alveoli because of infection or virus
◉ pneumothorax. Answer: collapsed lung
◉ rales. Answer: Rattling sound when breathing, lower/moist.
◉ resonance. Answer: normal sound
deep, full, reverberating sound
◉ retractions. Answer: Movements in which the skin pulls in around
the ribs during inspiration.
◉ rhonchi. Answer: mucous in large airways
◉ wheeze. Answer: narrowed airway
◉ stridor. Answer: narrowed trachea
