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Seidel's Chapter 14: Chest and Lungs Practice Exam Questions and Answers Nancy Walker is a 16-year-old girl who presents to the clinic with complaints of severe, acute chest pain. Her mother reports that, apart from occasional colds, Nancy is not prone to respiratory problems. Which potential r...

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Seidel's Chapter 14: Chest and Lungs
Practice Exam Questions and Answers


Nancy Walker is a 16-year-old girl who presents to the clinic with complaints of severe,

acute chest pain. Her mother reports that, apart from occasional colds, Nancy is not

prone to respiratory problems. Which potential risk factor is most important to assess

with regard to Nancy's current problem?

a. Anorexia symptoms

b. Cocaine use

c. Last menses

d. Signs of rheumatic fever - Answer✔️✔️-b. Cocaine use (drug use particularly, of

cocaine, is especially important to prioritize as a social history question for all

adolescents and adults who complain of severe chest pain. cocaine use can lead to

tachycardia, hypertension, coronary arterial spasms with infarction and, pneumothorax)

The anteroposterior diameter of the chest is normally approximately the same as the

transverse diameter in which age group?

a. Infants

b. School-age children

c. Adolescents



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d. Young adults - Answer✔️✔️-a. Infants (The chest of infants are generally round, with

equal dimensions of anteroposterior and transverse diameters)

A 44-year-old male patient who complains of a cough has presented to the emergency

department. He admits to smoking one pack per day. During your inspection of his

chest, the most appropriate lighting source to highlight chest movement is:

a. bright tangential lighting.

b. daylight from a window.

c. flashlight in a dark room.

d. fluorescent ceiling lights. - Answer✔️✔️-a. bright tangential lighting (Bright tangential

light is best to visualize chest movement)

When auscultating the apex of the lung, you should listen at a point:

a. even with the second rib.

b. 4 cm above the first rib.

c. higher on the right side.

d. on the convex diaphragm surface. - Answer✔️✔️-b. 4 cm above the first rib (The

apices of the lungs are 4 cm above the first rib)

You are documenting a rash between the eighth and ninth ribs on the lateral border.

This intercostal space will be documented in terms of the:

a. rib immediately above it.

b. rib immediately below it.

c. number of centimeters it is positioned below the clavicle.


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d. number of inches it is positioned below the clavicle. - Answer✔️✔️-a. rib immediately

above it (The number of each intercostal space corresponds to that of the rib

immediately above it)

To count the ribs and the intercostal spaces, you begin by palpating the reference point

of the:

a. distal point of the xiphoid.

b. manubriosternal junction.

c. suprasternal notch.

d. acromion process. - Answer✔️✔️-b. manubriosternal junction (The angle of Louis, the

junction of the manubrium the sternum, corresponds to the second rib, the reference

point for counting ribs and intercostal spaces)

When the umbilical cord is cut:

a. blood flows through the infants lungs more vigorously.

b. lungs fill with air.

c. closure of the foramen ovale occurs

d. closure of the ductus arteriosus occurs. - Answer✔️✔️-a. blood flows through the

infants lungs more vigorously.

Fetal gas exchange is mediated by the:

a. lungs.

b. heart.

c. amniotic fluid.


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