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100
This is the articulation of the manubrium and body of the sternum continuous with the second rib
What is the Angle of Louis (manubriosternal angle)?
100
This assessment techniques is used to listen to sounds produced by the body.
What is auscultation?
100
These are the special populations.
Who are infants & children, pregnant women, and the aging adult?
100
Secondhand smoke is also known as this.
What is environmental tobacco smoke?
100
This condition is the result of an allergic hypersensitivity to certain inhaled allergens.
What is asthma?
200
The sword-shaped tip of the sternum.
What is the xiphoid process?
200
The predominant sound over the lung fields should be this.
What is resonance?
200
At 32 weeks gestation this lipid substance needed for sustained inflation of the air sacs is present in adequate amounts.
What is surfactant?
200
These passageways transport air but are not available for gas exchange.
What is deadspace?
200
This high-pitched crowing sound is heard louder in the neck than over the chest wall.
What is stridor?
300
This is the space between the ribs
What is intercostal space?
300
This in Greek means the "voice of a goat"
What is egophony?
300
There is an increased ________ of the need to breathe in pregnant women.
What is awareness?
300
This term represents a decreased level of oxygen in the blood.
What is hypoxemia?
300
This condition can result from a thrombus, air bubbles, or fat globules.
What is pulmonary embolism?
400
The 11th and 12th rib are known as these
What are floating ribs?
400
The normal sounds become this when auscultated in the wrong place.
What is abnormal?
400
The newborn's first assessment is part of this scoring.
What is Apgar scoring?
400
The solidification of portions of lung tissue as it fills up with infectious exudate
What is consolidation?
400
Weight loss, anorexia, easy fatigability, low-grade fevers, and night sweats are characteristic of this condition
What is tuberculosis?
500
These are the functional units of the lungs.
What are alveoli?
500
These extra sounds may be superimposed over normal breath sounds.
What is adventitous?
500
This is an outward curvature of the thoracic spine may be common in the aging adult.
What is kyphosis?
500
This respiratory condition is common in patients with heart failure.
What is paraoxysmal nocturnal dyspnea?
500
When a nurse is assessing respirations, if this respiratory pattern is assessed it's the start of a bad day for the nurse...and the patient.
What is apnea?