Normal Breath Sounds
Adventitious Breath Sounds
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Evaluation
100

What are the three normal types of breath sounds? 

Vesicular, Bronchovesicular, Bronchial 

100

These are two continuous adventitious breath sounds...

Wheezes and Stridor 

100

This category of lung disease presents with decreased breath sounds... 

Restrictive 

100

What is the name of the evaluation technique used if you ask your patient to say "E"? 

Egophony

200

Which of the normal breath sounds has a break between inhalation and exhalation? 

Bronchial 

200

Crackles and plural rub fall under what category of adventitious breath sounds? 

Discontinuous 

200

Symptoms of this disease include wheezing and shortness of breath...

Asthma 

200

What is whisper pectoriloquy? 

Ask your patient to whisper 3 words, and these whispered words are clearly and distinctly heard through the stethoscope 

300

This breath sound can be heard at the junction of the main stem bronchi and segmental bronchi...

Bronchovesicular 

300

Wheezes are most frequently heard during expiration or inspiration? 

Expiration

300
This pathology demonstrates a marked decrease or absent breath sounds...

Pneumothorax 

300

During evaluation of transmission of sound, the presence of scrounger louder sounds indicates what type of pathology? 

Consolidative 

400

This breath sound is best heard during inspiration and the first 1/3 of expiration...

Vesicular 

400

This adventitious breath sound is commonly heard with pneumonia, pulmonary edema, and pulmonary fibrosis...

Crackles

400

Name 3 types of restrictive lung diseases...

Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis, Pneumonia, Pleural Effusion, Atelectasis, Pulmonary Edema, Pneumothorax 


400

T/F: It is normal for bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds to be found in peripheral lung tissue

False, found only in mainstem of tracheobronchial tree

500

This breath sound is auscultated over the trachea and manubrium...

Bronchial 

500

This is a monophonic continuous adventitious sound heard over upper airways...

Stridor 

500

Name 3 types of obstructive diseases...

Emphysema, Chronic Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Asthma

500

T/F: Evaluation of breath sounds follows a systematic order

True