NUSA 401 Exam |Questions with 100% correct
answers
fissure - ✔️✔️the narrow crack dividing the lobes of the lungs
fremitus - ✔️✔️a palpable vibration from the spoken voice felt over the chest wall
friction rub - ✔️✔️a coarse, grating, adventitious lung sound heard when the pleurae are
inflamed
hypercapnia - ✔️✔️(hypercarbia) increased levels of carbon dioxide in the blood
Hyperventilation - ✔️✔️increased rate and depth of breathing
hypoxemia - ✔️✔️decreased level of oxygen in the blood
intercostal space - ✔️✔️space between the ribs
Kussmaul respirations - ✔️✔️type of hyperventilation that occurs with diabetic ketoacidosis
orthopnea - ✔️✔️ability to breathe easily only in an upright position
percussion - ✔️✔️striking over the chest wall with short, sharp blows of the fingers to determine
the size and density of the underlying organ
pleural effusion - ✔️✔️abnormal fluid between the layers of the pleura
, Rhonchi - ✔️✔️low-pitched, musical, snoring, adventitious lung sounds caused by airflow
obstruction from secretions
Tachypnea - ✔️✔️rapid, shallow breathing; more than 24 breaths per minute
Vesicular - ✔️✔️refers to soft, low-pitched, normal breath sounds heard over peripheral lung
fields
wheeze - ✔️✔️high-pitched, musical, squeaking adventitious lung sound
Xiohoid process - ✔️✔️sword-shaped lower tip of the sternum
angina pectoris - ✔️✔️acute chest pain that occurs when myocardial demand exceeds its oxygen
supply
aortic stenosis - ✔️✔️calcification of aortic valve cusps that restricts forward flow of blood during
systole
aortic valve - ✔️✔️the left semilunar valve separating the left ventricle and the aorta
apex of heart - ✔️✔️tip of the heart pointing down toward the 5th left intercostal space
apical pulse - ✔️✔️point of maximum impulse (PMI); pulsation created as the left ventricle
rotates against the chest wall during systole, normally at the 5th left intercostal space in the
midclavicular line.
base of heart - ✔️✔️broader area of heart's outline located at the 3rd right and left intercostal
spaces
answers
fissure - ✔️✔️the narrow crack dividing the lobes of the lungs
fremitus - ✔️✔️a palpable vibration from the spoken voice felt over the chest wall
friction rub - ✔️✔️a coarse, grating, adventitious lung sound heard when the pleurae are
inflamed
hypercapnia - ✔️✔️(hypercarbia) increased levels of carbon dioxide in the blood
Hyperventilation - ✔️✔️increased rate and depth of breathing
hypoxemia - ✔️✔️decreased level of oxygen in the blood
intercostal space - ✔️✔️space between the ribs
Kussmaul respirations - ✔️✔️type of hyperventilation that occurs with diabetic ketoacidosis
orthopnea - ✔️✔️ability to breathe easily only in an upright position
percussion - ✔️✔️striking over the chest wall with short, sharp blows of the fingers to determine
the size and density of the underlying organ
pleural effusion - ✔️✔️abnormal fluid between the layers of the pleura
, Rhonchi - ✔️✔️low-pitched, musical, snoring, adventitious lung sounds caused by airflow
obstruction from secretions
Tachypnea - ✔️✔️rapid, shallow breathing; more than 24 breaths per minute
Vesicular - ✔️✔️refers to soft, low-pitched, normal breath sounds heard over peripheral lung
fields
wheeze - ✔️✔️high-pitched, musical, squeaking adventitious lung sound
Xiohoid process - ✔️✔️sword-shaped lower tip of the sternum
angina pectoris - ✔️✔️acute chest pain that occurs when myocardial demand exceeds its oxygen
supply
aortic stenosis - ✔️✔️calcification of aortic valve cusps that restricts forward flow of blood during
systole
aortic valve - ✔️✔️the left semilunar valve separating the left ventricle and the aorta
apex of heart - ✔️✔️tip of the heart pointing down toward the 5th left intercostal space
apical pulse - ✔️✔️point of maximum impulse (PMI); pulsation created as the left ventricle
rotates against the chest wall during systole, normally at the 5th left intercostal space in the
midclavicular line.
base of heart - ✔️✔️broader area of heart's outline located at the 3rd right and left intercostal
spaces
