, Wheezes - ANSWER-high-pitched whistling or squeaking sounds during
inspiration or expiration
Rhonchi - ANSWER-snoring, rumbling sounds heard upon auscultation of the
chest during respiration-low pitched
tactile fremitus - ANSWER-• INCREASED FREMITUS
- Means there is liquid or solid inside the lungs (consolidation such as with
pneumonia)
- Remember Liquid or solid transmits vibrations better than air
• DECREASED FREMITUS
Means air trapping such as with emphysema or bronchial obstruction.
Bronchophony - ANSWER-the spoken voice sound heard through the
stethoscope, which sounds soft, muffled, and indistinct over normal lung tissue,
clearer over disease
Egophony - ANSWER-abnormal change in tone of voice that is heard when
auscultating the lungs EE-->AA
UE Arteries - ANSWER-radial-thumb side, ulnar pinky side
PMI - ANSWER-point of maximal impulse mid-clavicular and 5th ICS
S1 - ANSWER-normal, closure of AV, Start of systole, loudest at Apex,
contraction of ventricles
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