NR 203 Practice Exam with Accurate Answers.
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apnea - ✔✔absence of breathing
asthma - ✔✔A chronic allergic disorder characterized by episodes of severe breathing difficulty,
coughing, and wheezing.
atelectasis - ✔✔collapsed lung
barrel chest - ✔✔lungs filled with air, can't breathe out
bradypnea - ✔✔slow breathing
bronchophony - ✔✔A test of decreased breath sounds performed by placing the diaphragm of
the stethoscope over the area in question while the patient says "ninety-nine"; a loud, clear
sound indicates lung consolidation.
costal angle - ✔✔the angle between the ribs at the costal margins
clubbing - ✔✔bulbous enlargement of distal phalanges of fingers and toes that occurs with
chronic cyanotic heart and lung conditions
crackles - ✔✔fine - fluid in alveoli
coarse - fluid in smaller airways
crepitus - ✔✔subcutaneous air from collapsed lung
, dyspnea - ✔✔difficult or labored breathing
hemoptysis - ✔✔coughing up blood
hyperventilation - ✔✔the condition of taking abnormally fast, deep breaths
hypoventiliation - ✔✔breathing too shallow or too slowly; not receiving enough oxygen in the
alveoli
emphysema - ✔✔A serious disease that destroys lung tissue and causes breathing difficulties.
eupnea - ✔✔normal breathing
orthopnea - ✔✔ability to breathe only in an upright position
paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - ✔✔sudden awakening from sleeping with shortness of breath
pneumonia - ✔✔inflammation of the lungs due to fluid or mucus in alveoli because of infection
or virus
pneumothorax - ✔✔collapsed lung
rales - ✔✔Rattling sound when breathing, lower/moist.
resonance - ✔✔normal sound
deep, full, reverberating sound
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apnea - ✔✔absence of breathing
asthma - ✔✔A chronic allergic disorder characterized by episodes of severe breathing difficulty,
coughing, and wheezing.
atelectasis - ✔✔collapsed lung
barrel chest - ✔✔lungs filled with air, can't breathe out
bradypnea - ✔✔slow breathing
bronchophony - ✔✔A test of decreased breath sounds performed by placing the diaphragm of
the stethoscope over the area in question while the patient says "ninety-nine"; a loud, clear
sound indicates lung consolidation.
costal angle - ✔✔the angle between the ribs at the costal margins
clubbing - ✔✔bulbous enlargement of distal phalanges of fingers and toes that occurs with
chronic cyanotic heart and lung conditions
crackles - ✔✔fine - fluid in alveoli
coarse - fluid in smaller airways
crepitus - ✔✔subcutaneous air from collapsed lung
, dyspnea - ✔✔difficult or labored breathing
hemoptysis - ✔✔coughing up blood
hyperventilation - ✔✔the condition of taking abnormally fast, deep breaths
hypoventiliation - ✔✔breathing too shallow or too slowly; not receiving enough oxygen in the
alveoli
emphysema - ✔✔A serious disease that destroys lung tissue and causes breathing difficulties.
eupnea - ✔✔normal breathing
orthopnea - ✔✔ability to breathe only in an upright position
paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - ✔✔sudden awakening from sleeping with shortness of breath
pneumonia - ✔✔inflammation of the lungs due to fluid or mucus in alveoli because of infection
or virus
pneumothorax - ✔✔collapsed lung
rales - ✔✔Rattling sound when breathing, lower/moist.
resonance - ✔✔normal sound
deep, full, reverberating sound
