NUSA 401 Exam 3 Study Guide
Questions and Answers Grade A+
Right lung
✓ shorter than the left because of the underlying liver
✓
✓ 3 lobes
Left lung
✓ narrower because the heart bulges to the left
✓
✓ 2 lobes
peripheral vascular issues
✓ when one of the processes, (lungs, airways, bony thorax, respiratory
muscles) isn't working, and the tissue is not perfusing correctly
throughout the body, either from the respiratory and or cardiac system
Oxygenation problems
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✓ nasal flaring
✓ reduced mental alertness
✓ somnolence (drowsiness)
✓ cyanosis
kyphosis
✓ hunchback
Scoliosis
✓ abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
chronic tissue hypoxia
✓ Clubbing of the fingers in a patient with emphysema is caused by:
3 types of breath sounds
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