Lung sounds Flashcards by Taylor Valentine | Brainscape

Q

Wheezes Location

A

throughout the lung

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Q

wheezes description and sounds like

A

High pitched and sounds musical

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Q

wheezes cause

A

air moving through narrowed airways

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crackles location

A

lower lobes

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Q

crackles description and sounds like

A

Fine: sting hair through fingers
coarse: vecro

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Q

crackles cause

A

collapsed small airways & alveoli “popping open”

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Rhonchi location

A

trachea and bronchi

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rhonchi description and sounds like

A

low pitched rumbling and sounds like gurgling

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Rhonchi cause

A

narrowed airway

secretions of bronchospasms

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pleural friction rub location

A

anterior lateral lung

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Q

pleural friction rub: description and sounds like

A

dry, rubbing, or squeaking

rubbing a balloon with finger

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Q

pleural friction rub cause

A

inflamed pleura

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