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GALEN NU 136 EXAM 2 VOCABULARY NEWEST VERSION -
2025/2026- 100+ Q AND ANS MOST POPULAR EXAM
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Accommodation
When pupils constrict when looking at a near object and then dilate when viewing
a far object
Pupils Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light and Accommodation
Definition of PERRLA
PERRLA
Pupils Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light and Accommodation
Obstruction of airway
Most common cause of respiratory insufficiency
Rhonchi
Coarse, low-pitched, SONOROUS, rattling sounds caused by secretions in the
larger air passages; sometimes called gurgles
Crackles
Fine or coarse non musical sounds in lungs. Sounds like rubbing your air together
Bronchovesicular sounds
Sounds heard over the central chest or back. Normally they are equal in length
during inspiration and expiration and have no pause between them
Vesicular Sounds
, 2
Soft, rustling sounds heard in the periphery of the lung fields. They are longer on
inspiration than expiration and there is no pause between them
Adventitious sounds
Abnormal lung sounds
Hyperactive
Frequent bowel sounds
Hypoactive
Bowel sounds with long periods of silence
Absent
No bowel sounds
Consensual Reflex
When both pupils should get smaller when either eye is stimulated by the light
21%
Amount of Oxygen in the air we normally breathe
Hypoxemia
The decreased amount of Oxygen in the bloodstream
Hypoxia
Less oxygen in the bloodstream available to meet cellular needs
Dyspnea
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
Brain, the retina, and the heart
The earilest signs of hypoxia involves these organs
High Altitude
GALEN NU 136 EXAM 2 VOCABULARY NEWEST VERSION -
2025/2026- 100+ Q AND ANS MOST POPULAR EXAM
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Accommodation
When pupils constrict when looking at a near object and then dilate when viewing
a far object
Pupils Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light and Accommodation
Definition of PERRLA
PERRLA
Pupils Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light and Accommodation
Obstruction of airway
Most common cause of respiratory insufficiency
Rhonchi
Coarse, low-pitched, SONOROUS, rattling sounds caused by secretions in the
larger air passages; sometimes called gurgles
Crackles
Fine or coarse non musical sounds in lungs. Sounds like rubbing your air together
Bronchovesicular sounds
Sounds heard over the central chest or back. Normally they are equal in length
during inspiration and expiration and have no pause between them
Vesicular Sounds
, 2
Soft, rustling sounds heard in the periphery of the lung fields. They are longer on
inspiration than expiration and there is no pause between them
Adventitious sounds
Abnormal lung sounds
Hyperactive
Frequent bowel sounds
Hypoactive
Bowel sounds with long periods of silence
Absent
No bowel sounds
Consensual Reflex
When both pupils should get smaller when either eye is stimulated by the light
21%
Amount of Oxygen in the air we normally breathe
Hypoxemia
The decreased amount of Oxygen in the bloodstream
Hypoxia
Less oxygen in the bloodstream available to meet cellular needs
Dyspnea
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
Brain, the retina, and the heart
The earilest signs of hypoxia involves these organs
High Altitude
