Respiratory Flashcards
Bronchial sounds
above manubrium over trachea;
produces harsh, high pitched, loud sounds
Bronchovesicular sounds
main bronchi;
produces medium in pitch and loudness
Vesicular sounds
lower bronchi, bronchioles, and lobes
produces softest and lowest in pitch
Decreased breath sounds
airway disease or obstruction, diaphragm paralysis, or impairment of sound transmission
Absent breath sounds
no air is moving around lungs
Bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds in peripheral lung tissue (where vesicular sounds are normally heard) indicates …
underlying tissue filled with liquid or solid material rather than air
adventitious sounds
additional abnormal sounds
crackles (fine)
high pitched crackling sounds that occur when inhaled air meets deflated alveoli
-short poppping sounds
-located usually at lower lobes
-rolling strand of hair
common for pneumonia, left-sided HF, pulmonary edema
fluid backing up into lungs
crackles (course)
loud, low-pitched bubbling sounds that are caused when air meets secretions in large airways
-short crackling sounds
-located at trachea and large bronchi
-separating a velcro fastener
common for pneumonia, left-sided HF, pulmonary edema
fluid backing up into lungs
rhonchi
continuous, low-pitched snoring sound caused by airway obstruction from thick secretions, muscular constriction or masses
-long snoring sounds
-located at bronchi
-sounds like snoring or moaning
common for patients with too much mucus/fluid buildup- pneumonia / asthma really bad patients
wheezes
continuous, high-pitched sounds created by the narrowing of airways from swelling, secretions, or masses
- long musical sounds
-located at all lung fields/ bronchi
common for asthmatic patients (occurs in bronchi-major pathways of lungs)
stridor
loud, continuous, high-pitched crowing sound that is caused by upper airway obstruction
-MOST SERIOUS AS IT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
-located at trachea
-audible without a stethoscope
pleurisy
infection between edges of pleural cavity
- secretions decreased»_space; pleural cavity rubbing against each other
alveolus
where arteries and veins hook up
at base of lung- ACTION happened here
once destroyed, it cannot be repaired
surfactant
- liquids that surrounds the alveolus and helps them to stretch
alveolus are soaked in this
more stretch=more surface area= more O2
THINK stretchy pants
