Nur-155: Unit 1 Breath Sounds (Galen
College - Cincinnati) Questions And
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Vesicular - ANSWER✔✔ Soft-intensity, low-pitched, "gentle sighing" sounds
created by air movement through smaller airways (bronchioles and alveoli). Over
peripheral lung; best heard at the base of the lungs and during inspiration
Bronchovesicular - ANSWER✔✔ Moderate-intensity and moderate pitched
"blowing" sounds created by air moving through larger airway (bronchi). Heard
between the scapulae and lateral to the sternum at the first and second intercostal
spaces. Equal inspiratory and expiratory phases
Bronchial (tubular) - ANSWER✔✔ High-pitched, loud, "harsh" sounds created by
air moving through the traches. Heard anteriorly over the trachea, not normally
heard over lung tissue. Louder than vesicular sounds, have a short inspiratory and
long expiratory phase.
Adventitious - ANSWER✔✔ Abnormal breath sounds
Crackles (rales) - ANSWER✔✔ Fine, short, interrupted crackling sounds. Sound
can be stimulated by rolling a lock of hair near the ear. Best heard on inspiration,
but can be heard on both inspiration and expiration. May not be cleared by
coughing. Heard most commonly in the bases of the lower lung lobes
Gurgles (rhonchi) - ANSWER✔✔ Continuous, low-pitched, coarse, gurgling,
harsh, louder sounds with a moaning or snoring quality. Best heard on expiration.
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