HERZING UNIVERSITY PN111 TERMS WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS

HERZING UNIVERSITY PN111
TERMS WITH GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS

Eupnea means: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ normal breathing


Tachypnea - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ rapid breathing


bradypnea - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ slow breathing


orthopnea - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ difficulty breathing when
lying down


Dyspnea - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ difficulty breathing


apnea - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ absence of breathing


What tells you a patient is having difficulty breathing? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Using accessory muscles, nasal flaring, cyanosis, tripod
position


Barrell Chest - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1:1, related to lung
overinflated and increase in A/P diameter
Normal is 1:2

, Angle of Louis (sternal angle) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ What is a
good marker for the 2nd intercostal space?


tracheal bifurcation carina - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ T4 & T5
vertebral junction also why the Angle of Louis is important


costovertebral angle - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ angle formed by the
12th rib and the vertebral column on the posterior thorax, overlying the
kidney


Fremitus (tactile or vocal) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ palpable
vibration


vesicular breath sounds - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Normal breath
sounds made by air moving in and out of the alveoli.


bronchovesicular breath sounds - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ medium-
pitched and quieter sounds normally heard over the mainstem bronchi


bronchial breath sounds - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ loud, high-
pitched, hollow sounds normally heard over the trachea and the large
bronchi