Thoracic Key

The Respiratory System and Auscultation PRETEST 1. What is the primary function of the respiratory system? 2. Where are the apex and base of the lung located? 3. Describe the…

Classifying Adventitious Sounds PRETEST 1. Name the two types of adventitious sounds. 2. Describe the difference between fine and coarse crackles. 3. Describe the difference between wheezes and low-pitched wheezes….

Abnormal Voice Sounds PRETEST How are normal voice sounds produced? Name the three voice sounds. How do voice sounds change over areas of dense, airless lung tissue? Which specific words…

Systolic Murmurs PRETEST 1. How is the sound of a systolic murmur produced? 2. List the murmurs associated with right ventricular outflow obstruction. 3. List the murmurs associated with left…

Breath Sounds Heard in Healthy Individuals PRETEST 1. What are normal breath sounds? 2. How do normal breath sounds originate? 3. What affects the normal breath sound characteristics? 4. What…

Bronchial Breath Sounds PRETEST 1. What happens to normal breath sounds when lung density increases? 2. What are bronchial breath sounds? 3. How does consolidation affect breath sounds? 4. How…

Other Auscultatory Sounds PRETEST 1. What are the four types of prosthetic valves? 2. What are the similarities and differences of the sounds produced by the four types of aortic…

Introduction to Breath Sounds PRETEST 1. How are breath sounds produced? 2. Name the three different airflow patterns. 3. What are egophony, bronchophony, and whispered pectoriloquy? 4. What are adventitious…

Continuous Murmurs PRETEST 1. How is the sound of a continuous murmur produced? 2. What is a cervical venous hum? 3. Why do the sounds of a patent ductus arteriosus…

Diastolic Murmurs PRETEST 1. How is the sound of a diastolic murmur produced? 2. List the aortic regurgitation murmurs. 3. List the pulmonic regurgitation murmurs. 4. What are the characteristics…