Some examples from this set of practice questions
1.
Coarse, low pitched wheezes. Indicative of an obstruction or increased amount of secretions. Can be caused by: COPD, pneumonia or other infection in the lungs.
Answer: Rhonchi
2.
The action of listening to sounds, such as, lung sounds, abdominal sounds, heart tones using a stethoscope.
Answer: Auscultation
3.
Results from air trapping underneath (sub) the dermal layer of the skin. Occurs, commonly, from trauma to the chest wall.
Answer: Subcutaneous Emphysema
4.
Respiratory drive that uses oxygen levels found to regulate your respiratory cycle. Patients suffering from COPD/Emphysema regulate off hypoxic drive. *Note this is not the “normal,” process by which respiration occurs in healthy lungs.
Answer: Hypoxic Drive
5.
Occur when fluid (blood, sputum, vomit) is in the airway. Low pitched, most prevalent when exhaling. Creates an inadequate airway.
Answer: Gurgling
6.
High-pitched, abnormal respiratory sound that occurs when air flows irregularly through a narrowed airway. Can be caused by an obstruction or other issues creating a narrowing airway.
Answer: Stridor
7.
When it comes to abnormal lung sounds, this is one of the most common. High-pitched whistling sound that occurs when breathing in or out
Answer: Wheezing
8.
Also known as rales. Indicative of fluid in the lungs. Some common causes: aspiration, infection of CHF.
Answer: Crackles
9.
Where gas exchange occurs. Found in the lungs at the end of each branch of the bronchioles. Surfactant is necessary for alveoli to do their job.
Answer: Alveoli
10.
Defined as: a condition where there is a lack of oxygen in the body\'s tissues. This can be caused by several different types of condition, diseases, illnesses and trauma
Answer: Hypoxia
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