Adventitious Sounds: Wheezes PRETEST 1. Describe the mechanism that produces wheezing? 2. What conditions are associated with wheezes? 3. Describe the following types of wheezes: expiratory polyphonic, fixed monophonic, sequential…
Absent and Diminished Breath Sounds PRETEST 1. Which conditions are associated with diminished or absent breath sounds? 2. How does each of these conditions cause diminished or absent breath sounds?…
Adventitious Sounds: Crackles PRETEST 1. What causes crackles? 2. What is the difference between coarse and fine crackles? 3. Describe the characteristics of late inspiratory crackles. 4. Describe the characteristics…
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….
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…
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…
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…
