Cardiothoracic
Respiratory and Cardiac Sounds for 100, Alex!
Where Should I put my Stethoscope?
A&P
Hodgepodgege
100
Lung sounds that are medium-pitched, blowing and equal on inspiration and expiration
What are bronchovesicular sounds?
100
THE most common breath sounds heard over the majority of the peripheral lung fields
What are vesicular breath sounds?
100
The four components of a physical assessment
What are inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion?
100
This muscular, dome shaped structure forms the floor of the thoracic cavity. Responsible for breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
100
When listening to anterior respiratory sounds, how many stethoscope placement sites are there?
What is 8-10 sites?
200
An abnormal breath sound that indicates fluid in the air passages
What are crackles?
200
Loud, high-pitched, crowing sounds heard continuously over upper airway/trachea. It can be life-threatening.
What is stridor?
200
This valve is found at the 2nd intercostal (IC) space at the right sternal border
What is the aortic valve?
200
These tiny, grape-like structures are found in the lungs. This is where gas exchange happens.
What are alveoli?
200
The interstitial fluid that enters the lymphatic system is known by this simple, one-word term.
What is lymph?
300
An abnormal breath sound that indicates a narrowing of the airways
What is wheezing?
300
The person turns a blue-ish or grayish discoloration on their skin, lips, gums, and/or nail beds
What is cyanosis?
300
5th intercostal (IC), left midclavicular line
What is the mitral valve (bicuspid)?
300
The yellow pathways the run from the AV node to the apex and around the outside of both right and left sides of the heart
What are the Purkinje fibers?
300
This primary lymphatic organ is located in the thoracic cavity and serves as the maturation site for T-cells.
What is the thymus?
400
An audible vascular sound associated with turbulent blood flow
What is a bruit?
400
This sound is palpable, vibrating and found over the precordium or blood vessels, often feels like a "purring" cat. Sign of a heart murmur
What is a thrill?
400
It's a valvular "point" in the heart, found just lateral to the left sternal border
What is Erb's point?
400
The volume of air that move in and out of the lungs during a single, quiet breath
What is tidal volume?
400
The blue "hollow" tube that runs alongside the right side of the heart
What is the vena cava?
Cava means "hollow" in latin. Vena cava translates to "hollow vein".
500
Side of the stethoscope used to assess murmurs and bruits
What is the bell?
500
An uncomfortable awareness of rapid or irregular heartbeats. Can make the patient feel anxious and fearful.
What are palpitations?
500
This extra "gallop" heart sound is an early sign of heart failure or volume overload and is often heard immediately after S2
What is S3 heart gallop?
500
Deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body comes back to the right atrium through this hollow tube
What is the inferior vena cava?
500
Using the Nursing Process (NP) and the Clinical Judgement Measurement Model (CJMM), when are objective and subjective data collected (name both)
What is the "Assessment" and what is "Recognizing Cues"?