NURSING 2410 TEST 3 EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ bronchial breath sounds. Answer: those heard over the larynx and
trachea are high-pitched, harsh "blowing" sounds, with sound on
expiration being longer than inspiration
◉ bronchovesicular breath sounds. Answer: normal breath sounds heard
over the mainstem bronchus; they are moderate blowing sounds, with
inspiration equal to expiration
◉ precordium. Answer: anterior surface of the chest wall overlying the
heart and its related structures
◉ vesicular breath sounds. Answer: normal sound of respirations heard
on auscultation over peripheral lung areas
◉ crackles. Answer: Bubbling, crackling, popping
Low- to high-pitched, discontinuous sounds
Auscultated during inspiration and expiration
Opening of deflated small airways and alveoli; air passing through fluid
in the airways
, ◉ wheeze. Answer: Musical or squeaking
High-pitched, continuous sounds
Auscultated during inspiration and expiration
Air passing through narrowed airways
◉ stridor. Answer: Harsh, loud, high-pitched
Auscultated on inspiration
Narrowing of upper airway (larynx or trachea); presence of foreign body
in airway
◉ pleural friction rub. Answer: Rubbing or grating
Loudest over lower lateral anterior surface
Auscultated during inspiration and expiration
Inflamed pleura rubbing against chest wall
◉ bruits. Answer: abnormal "swishing" sounds heard over a blood
vessel
◉ auscultation of abdomen. Answer: right lower quadrant 1min-right
upper quadrant 1min- left upper quadrant 1 min- left lower quadrant
1min- right lower quadrant again 1min
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ bronchial breath sounds. Answer: those heard over the larynx and
trachea are high-pitched, harsh "blowing" sounds, with sound on
expiration being longer than inspiration
◉ bronchovesicular breath sounds. Answer: normal breath sounds heard
over the mainstem bronchus; they are moderate blowing sounds, with
inspiration equal to expiration
◉ precordium. Answer: anterior surface of the chest wall overlying the
heart and its related structures
◉ vesicular breath sounds. Answer: normal sound of respirations heard
on auscultation over peripheral lung areas
◉ crackles. Answer: Bubbling, crackling, popping
Low- to high-pitched, discontinuous sounds
Auscultated during inspiration and expiration
Opening of deflated small airways and alveoli; air passing through fluid
in the airways
, ◉ wheeze. Answer: Musical or squeaking
High-pitched, continuous sounds
Auscultated during inspiration and expiration
Air passing through narrowed airways
◉ stridor. Answer: Harsh, loud, high-pitched
Auscultated on inspiration
Narrowing of upper airway (larynx or trachea); presence of foreign body
in airway
◉ pleural friction rub. Answer: Rubbing or grating
Loudest over lower lateral anterior surface
Auscultated during inspiration and expiration
Inflamed pleura rubbing against chest wall
◉ bruits. Answer: abnormal "swishing" sounds heard over a blood
vessel
◉ auscultation of abdomen. Answer: right lower quadrant 1min-right
upper quadrant 1min- left upper quadrant 1 min- left lower quadrant
1min- right lower quadrant again 1min
