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NSC832 Respiratory Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
Posteriorly upper lung lobes are separated from lower lobes at
___ - ANSWER T3
Angle of Louis - ANSWER The sternal angle, the anterior angle
formed by the junction of the manubrium and the body of the
sternum
Posteriorly lungs at rest end at __ - ANSWER T10
Posteriorly when you take a big breath in lungs end at __ -
ANSWER T12
If you listen only posterior chest you will hear almost no__ -
ANSWER upper lobes and no right middle lobe
If you listen anteriorly on the Rt side you will hear what lobes -
ANSWER Upper and middle right
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Horizontal fissure separates - ANSWER Rt upper and Rt middle
lobes
Horizontal fissure separated Rt upper and Rt middle lobes at __
- ANSWER 4th intercostal space
Location of oblique fissure on anterior - ANSWER 6 rib
(separates RML and RLL, LUL and LLL)
A patient using accessory muscles in respiration, you look for
retractions at - ANSWER suprasternal notch
You listen at 2 intercostal space and it's located - ANSWER At
the angle of Louis to the right
Lift shirt to inspect ___ - ANSWER skin, muscle and chest
deformities, accessory muscle use/retractions
Normal AP diameter - ANSWER 2:1
Pectus excavatus - ANSWER Funnel chest, wider front than side
to side
NSC832 Respiratory Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
Posteriorly upper lung lobes are separated from lower lobes at
___ - ANSWER T3
Angle of Louis - ANSWER The sternal angle, the anterior angle
formed by the junction of the manubrium and the body of the
sternum
Posteriorly lungs at rest end at __ - ANSWER T10
Posteriorly when you take a big breath in lungs end at __ -
ANSWER T12
If you listen only posterior chest you will hear almost no__ -
ANSWER upper lobes and no right middle lobe
If you listen anteriorly on the Rt side you will hear what lobes -
ANSWER Upper and middle right
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Horizontal fissure separates - ANSWER Rt upper and Rt middle
lobes
Horizontal fissure separated Rt upper and Rt middle lobes at __
- ANSWER 4th intercostal space
Location of oblique fissure on anterior - ANSWER 6 rib
(separates RML and RLL, LUL and LLL)
A patient using accessory muscles in respiration, you look for
retractions at - ANSWER suprasternal notch
You listen at 2 intercostal space and it's located - ANSWER At
the angle of Louis to the right
Lift shirt to inspect ___ - ANSWER skin, muscle and chest
deformities, accessory muscle use/retractions
Normal AP diameter - ANSWER 2:1
Pectus excavatus - ANSWER Funnel chest, wider front than side
to side