Week 7 Vocab

Question 0

S1&S2

Answer 0

S1 heart sound is a low frequency sound, occurring at the beginning of systole. S1 can be best heard over the apex, using a stethoscope’s bell or diaphragm. The first heart sound is caused by turbulence created when the mitral and tricuspid values close. S1 and S2 heart sounds are often described as lub - dub.

Question 1

Vesicular

Answer 1

the gentle rustling sounds of normal breathing heard by auscultation over the periphery; the inspiratory phase is usually longer than the expiratory.

Question 2

Broncho-vesicular

Answer 2

These are normal sounds in the mid-chest area or in the posterior chest between the scapula. They reflect a mixture of the pitch of the bronchial breath sounds heard near the trachea and the alveoli with the vesicular sound. They have an I:E ratio of 1:1.

Question 3

Thrill

Answer 3

Vibration associated with bruit

Question 4

Bronchial

Answer 4

Of or relating to the bronchi, the bronchia, or the bronchioles.

Question 5

Bruit

Answer 5

A sound heard over an artery or vascular channel, reflecting turbulence of flow. Most commonly, a bruit is caused by abnormal narrowing of an artery. Listening for a bruit in the neck with a stethoscope is a simple way to screen for narrowing (stenosis) of the carotid artery, which can be a result of cholesterol plaque accumulation.

Question 6

Crackles

Answer 6

Course/fine bubbling, popping, sounds like stands of hair rubbing together

Question 7

Murmur

Answer 7

abnormal sounds during your heartbeat cycle — such as whooshing or swishing — made by turbulent blood in or near your heart.

Question 8

Rhonchi

Answer 8

Low-pitched cont. course snoring caused by mucous secretions in large airways

Question 9

Friction rub

Answer 9

the rubbing together of inflamed membranes of the pericardium, as may occur in pericarditis or after a myocardial infarction. It produces a sound audible on auscultation. Also called pericardial murmur, pericardial rub; Pleural friction rubs are the squeaking or grating sounds of the pleural linings rubbing together[1] and can be described as the sound made by treading on fresh snow. They occur where the pleural layers are inflamed and have lost their lubrication

Question 10

Wheeze

Answer 10

High pitched squeaking caused by narrowing or spasm/inflammation

Question 11

Adventitious breath sounds

Answer 11

abnormal sounds that are heard over a patient’s lungs and airways. These sounds include abnormal sounds such as fine and coarse crackles (crackles are also called rales), wheezes (sometimes called rhonchi), pleural rubs and stridor

Question 12

Hypo active bowel sounds

Answer 12

Soft, low, widely separated sounds occurring one to two times in two minutes

Question 13

Hyperactive bowel sounds

Answer 13

Loud, gurgling, rushed sounds

Question 14

Point of maximum impulse

Answer 14

the place where the apical pulse is palpated as strongest, often in the fifth intercostal space of the thorax, just medial to the left midclavicular line