Chapter 22 Fundamentals

Question 0

Auscultation

Answer 0

Listening for sounds produced within the body usually with a stethoscope

Question 1

Adventitious sounds

Answer 1

Abnormal lung sounds elicited upon auscultation of the lungs during assessment

Question 2

Bronchovesicular sounds

Answer 2

The lung sounds heard over the central chest or back

Question 3

Edema

Answer 3

Fluid and interstitial spaces

Question 4

Kyphosis

Answer 4

Increase curve in the thoracic spine

Question 5

Lesions

Answer 5

Damaged tissue

Question 6

Lordosis

Answer 6

Exaggerated lumbar curve

Question 7

Nystagmus

Answer 7

Involuntary rapid rhythmic movement of the eyeball

Question 8

Olfaction

Answer 8

Smelling

Question 9

Palpation

Answer 9

Touching with hands and fingers

Question 10

Percussion

Answer 10

Light quick tapping on the body surface to produce sounds

Question 11

Quadrant

Answer 11

Quarter

Question 12

Scoliosis

Answer 12

Pronounced lateral curvature of the spine

Question 13

Tremors

Answer 13

Involuntary fine movement of the body or limbs

Question 14

Turgor

Answer 14

Normal tension Of a cell, swelling, distention, elastic condition of the skin

Question 15

Vesicular sounds

Answer 15

Soft rustling sounds heard in the periphery of the lung fields