Lung sounds

Question 1

Normal breath sounds made by air moving in and out of the alveoli?

Answer 1

Vesicular breath sounds

Question 2

Normal breath sounds made by air moving through the bronchi?

Answer 2

Bronchial breath sounds

Question 3

Stridor is an indication of?

Answer 3

Airway obstruction

Question 4

A crackling, rattling breath sound that signals fluid in the air spaces of the lungs.

Answer 4

Rales

Question 5

High-pitched, musical, whistling sound heard most commonly on exhalation. Caused by a constriction of bronchioles.

Answer 5

Wheezing

Question 6

High-pitched sound that is indicates an upper airway blockage?

Answer 6

Stridor

Question 7

Tachypnea

Answer 7

Rapid breathing

Question 8

caused by fluid in the small airways. They are popping sounds that are heard when air is forced through the small airways that are being narrowed by the accumulation of fluid, mucus, or pus.

Answer 8

Crackles

Question 9

Apnea

Answer 9

Absence of breathing

Question 10

Conditions that could cause tachypnea?

Answer 10

Fever, exercise, anxiety, shock.