Assessment Of the Lungs New Study Guide: Latest 2024 Study Guide

Assessment Of the Lungs New Study Guide:
Latest 2024 Study Guide
accessory muscles

- ✔-Any of the muscles of the neck, back, and abdomen that may assist the
diaphragm and the intercostals muscles in respiration.



atelectasis

- ✔-collapse of alveoli



auscultation

- ✔-the action of listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or other organs,
typically with a stethoscope.



bradypnea

- ✔-an abnormally slow rate of respiration usually of less than 10 breaths per
minute



tachypnea

- ✔-increased rate of respiration



pleural effusion

- ✔-buildup of fluid in the pleural space, an area between the layers of tissue that
line the lungs and the chest cavity

, Assessment Of the Lungs New Study Guide:
Latest 2024 Study Guide
Dyspnea

- ✔-difficult or labored breathing



vesicular

- ✔-soft, blowing, or rustling sounds normally heard over most of lung fields



crackles

- ✔-fine, medium, coarse.

caused by fluid in the small airways



wheezes

- ✔-continuous high-pitched whistling sounds produced during breathing. caused
by air moving through constricted or partially obstructed airways.



cyanosis

- ✔-A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes.



Rhonchi

- ✔-low pitched, coarse, loud, snoring tone due to obstruction of large airways
with secretions