NSG3160 SCRIPT 2026 FULL SOLVED
CONTENT
◉How do you palpate axillary lymph nodes?. Answer: a. Patient
sitting, b-e. Along chest wall and borders of axilla and inner aspect of
upper arm
◉What is crepitus?. Answer: a. Coarse, crackling sensation felt
during palpation
◉What is fremitus?. Answer: a. Vibration transmitted through body
◉When does decreased fremitus occur?. Answer: a. Obstructed
bronchus, pleural effusion or thickening, pneumothorax or
emphysema, b. Any barriers between sound and your palpating
hand
◉When does increased fremitus occur?. Answer: a. Compression or
consolidation of lung tissue
, ◉What is bronchophony and what are the normal findings?.
Answer: a. Ask person to repeat ninety-nine while listening with
stethoscope over chest wall, b. NORMAL - soft, muffled, distinct
◉What is egophony and what are the normal findings?. Answer: a.
Auscultate chest while person phonates a long 'ee-ee-ee-ee' sound,
b. NORMAL - Eeeeeee
◉What is whispered pectoriloquy?. Answer: a. Ask person to
whisper a phrase like one-two-three, b. NORMAL - Faint, muffled,
inaudible
◉What are the characteristics of bronchial (tracheal) breath
sounds?. Answer: a. PITCH - High, b. AMPLITUDE - Loud, c.
DURATION - Inspiration < Expiration, d. QUALITY - Harsh, hollow
tubular, e. NORMAL LOCATION - Trachea and larynx
◉What are the characteristics of bronchovesicular breath sounds?.
Answer: a. PITCH - Moderate, b. AMPLITUDE - Moderate, c.
DURATION - Inspiration = Expiration, d. QUALITY - Mixed, e.
NORMAL LOCATION - Over major bronchi (fewer alveoli), around
upper sternum in 1st and 2nd intercoastal spaces
◉What are the characteristics of vesicular breath sounds?. Answer:
a. PITCH - Low, b. AMPLITUDE - Soft, c. DURATION - Inspiration >
Expiration, d. QUALITY - Rustling, like the sound of the wind in the
CONTENT
◉How do you palpate axillary lymph nodes?. Answer: a. Patient
sitting, b-e. Along chest wall and borders of axilla and inner aspect of
upper arm
◉What is crepitus?. Answer: a. Coarse, crackling sensation felt
during palpation
◉What is fremitus?. Answer: a. Vibration transmitted through body
◉When does decreased fremitus occur?. Answer: a. Obstructed
bronchus, pleural effusion or thickening, pneumothorax or
emphysema, b. Any barriers between sound and your palpating
hand
◉When does increased fremitus occur?. Answer: a. Compression or
consolidation of lung tissue
, ◉What is bronchophony and what are the normal findings?.
Answer: a. Ask person to repeat ninety-nine while listening with
stethoscope over chest wall, b. NORMAL - soft, muffled, distinct
◉What is egophony and what are the normal findings?. Answer: a.
Auscultate chest while person phonates a long 'ee-ee-ee-ee' sound,
b. NORMAL - Eeeeeee
◉What is whispered pectoriloquy?. Answer: a. Ask person to
whisper a phrase like one-two-three, b. NORMAL - Faint, muffled,
inaudible
◉What are the characteristics of bronchial (tracheal) breath
sounds?. Answer: a. PITCH - High, b. AMPLITUDE - Loud, c.
DURATION - Inspiration < Expiration, d. QUALITY - Harsh, hollow
tubular, e. NORMAL LOCATION - Trachea and larynx
◉What are the characteristics of bronchovesicular breath sounds?.
Answer: a. PITCH - Moderate, b. AMPLITUDE - Moderate, c.
DURATION - Inspiration = Expiration, d. QUALITY - Mixed, e.
NORMAL LOCATION - Over major bronchi (fewer alveoli), around
upper sternum in 1st and 2nd intercoastal spaces
◉What are the characteristics of vesicular breath sounds?. Answer:
a. PITCH - Low, b. AMPLITUDE - Soft, c. DURATION - Inspiration >
Expiration, d. QUALITY - Rustling, like the sound of the wind in the
