Airway exam 2

Question 1

Tracheal

Answer 1

referring to the trachea

Question 2

Bronchovesicular sounds

Answer 2

heard in the posterior chest between the scapulae and in the center part of the anterior chest

Question 3

Spirometer

Answer 3

an instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs

Question 4

Murphy’s eye

Answer 4

a hole at the tip of the endotracheal tube to prevent tube obstruction if the beveled end of the tube is obstructed by mucus or sealed by contact with the tracheal wall

Question 5

Vesicular

Answer 5

soft, low-pitched sounds that can be heard throughout the lungs, primarily when a person breathes in

Question 6

Uvula

Answer 6

a fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate which hangs above the throat

Question 7

Capnometry

Answer 7

measures carbon dioxide in expired air

Question 8

Bronchial

Answer 8

relating to the bronchi or bronchioles

Question 9

Vallecula

Answer 9

Located just above the epiglottis and is the landmark used with intubation with a mac blade

Question 10

Capnography

Answer 10

measures CO2 in expired air and provides a waveform