Respiratory assessment- breath
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Normal breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔bronchial, bronchovesicular, vesicular
evaluate the presence and quality
person is sitting, leaning forward slightly, with arms resting comfortable across lap
listen to full respiration cycle
bronchial breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔normal over the trachea
inspiration is less than expiration 1:2
abnormal anywhere else
darth vader sounds
bronchovesicular breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔normal over major airways
inspiration =expiration
normal over where trachea bifurcates (2nd rib) anteriorly
between scapula around T4/T5 posteriorly
vesicular breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Normal breath sounds made by air moving in
and out of the alveoli.
peripheral lung fields
Inspiration is greater than expiration 2:1
primary sound
, trachea and larynx
don't hear posteriorly - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Where do you hear bronchial sounds?
Over major bronchi where fewer alveloi are located: posterior, between scapulae- anterior,
around upper sternum in 1st and 2nd intercostal space - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔where is
bronchovesicular sounds?
over peripheral lung fields where air flows through smaller bronchioles and alveoli - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔where is vesicular breath sounds?
Auscultation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Listening with a stethoscope
1 complete respiratory cycle
won't hear anything below T12
above and between scapula
adventitious sound examples - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔crackles, wheezes, rhonchi, stridor
crackles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Abnormal (Advantageous) Lung sounds
-intermittent sound occurring when air moves through airways that contain fluid
-classified as fine, medium, or course
-usually incase of lung
discontinous
wheezes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔continuous high-pitched whistling sounds produced during
breathing due to obstructed air flow
ex: from asthma narrowing
sounds Exam 2025 With 100% Correct
Answers
Normal breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔bronchial, bronchovesicular, vesicular
evaluate the presence and quality
person is sitting, leaning forward slightly, with arms resting comfortable across lap
listen to full respiration cycle
bronchial breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔normal over the trachea
inspiration is less than expiration 1:2
abnormal anywhere else
darth vader sounds
bronchovesicular breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔normal over major airways
inspiration =expiration
normal over where trachea bifurcates (2nd rib) anteriorly
between scapula around T4/T5 posteriorly
vesicular breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Normal breath sounds made by air moving in
and out of the alveoli.
peripheral lung fields
Inspiration is greater than expiration 2:1
primary sound
, trachea and larynx
don't hear posteriorly - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Where do you hear bronchial sounds?
Over major bronchi where fewer alveloi are located: posterior, between scapulae- anterior,
around upper sternum in 1st and 2nd intercostal space - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔where is
bronchovesicular sounds?
over peripheral lung fields where air flows through smaller bronchioles and alveoli - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔where is vesicular breath sounds?
Auscultation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Listening with a stethoscope
1 complete respiratory cycle
won't hear anything below T12
above and between scapula
adventitious sound examples - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔crackles, wheezes, rhonchi, stridor
crackles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Abnormal (Advantageous) Lung sounds
-intermittent sound occurring when air moves through airways that contain fluid
-classified as fine, medium, or course
-usually incase of lung
discontinous
wheezes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔continuous high-pitched whistling sounds produced during
breathing due to obstructed air flow
ex: from asthma narrowing
