NURS1211 Quiz 3 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWER - Shortness of breath (SOB)
Tachypnea - CORRECT ANSWER - Rapid respiratory rate
Bradypnea - CORRECT ANSWER - Low respiratory rate
Hyperventilation - CORRECT ANSWER - Rapid, deep breathing
Apnea - CORRECT ANSWER - Cessation of respiratory effort lasting more than 20
seconds (ie. breathing stops)
Costal angle - CORRECT ANSWER - Angle between the costal margins under the
xiphoid process
Diaphragmatic excursion - CORRECT ANSWER - Pleurae extended 3 cm below the level
of the lungs
Symmetric expansion - CORRECT ANSWER - Both sides of the lungs take off at the
same time and to the same extent
Adventitious breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWER - Sounds that are heard in addition to
the normal expected breath sounds (eg. crackles, rhonchi, or wheezes)
Crackles - CORRECT ANSWER - Discontinuous, short crackling, popping sound caused
by inhaled air colliding with trachea and bronchi secretions
, Wheezes - CORRECT ANSWER - Musical squeaking sounds that sound polyphonic
(high-pitched wheeze) or monophonic (low-pitched wheeze) caused by airflow obstruction
Stridor - CORRECT ANSWER - High-pitched inspiratory crowing sound (heard without
the stethoscope) caused by upper airway obstruction
Fremitus - CORRECT ANSWER - Palpable vibration when speaking
Orthopnea - CORRECT ANSWER - SOB when supine and improves when sitting or
standing
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWER - Awakening from sleep with
sudden SOB and needing to be upright to achieve comfort
Crepitus - CORRECT ANSWER - Coarse, crackling sensation of a joint palpable over the
skin surface
Hemoptysis - CORRECT ANSWER - Coughing up blood from lungs
Atelectasis - CORRECT ANSWER - Collapse of part or all of a lung
Bronchial (1st type of normal breath sound) - CORRECT ANSWER - Heard over the
trachea and larynx
Bronchovesicular (2nd type of normal breath sound) - CORRECT ANSWER - Heard
posteriorly over major bronchi and anteriorly between scapulae and around upper sternum
Vesicular (3rd type of normal breath sound) - CORRECT ANSWER - Heard over
peripheral lung fields where air flows through smaller bronchioles and alveoli
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWER - Shortness of breath (SOB)
Tachypnea - CORRECT ANSWER - Rapid respiratory rate
Bradypnea - CORRECT ANSWER - Low respiratory rate
Hyperventilation - CORRECT ANSWER - Rapid, deep breathing
Apnea - CORRECT ANSWER - Cessation of respiratory effort lasting more than 20
seconds (ie. breathing stops)
Costal angle - CORRECT ANSWER - Angle between the costal margins under the
xiphoid process
Diaphragmatic excursion - CORRECT ANSWER - Pleurae extended 3 cm below the level
of the lungs
Symmetric expansion - CORRECT ANSWER - Both sides of the lungs take off at the
same time and to the same extent
Adventitious breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWER - Sounds that are heard in addition to
the normal expected breath sounds (eg. crackles, rhonchi, or wheezes)
Crackles - CORRECT ANSWER - Discontinuous, short crackling, popping sound caused
by inhaled air colliding with trachea and bronchi secretions
, Wheezes - CORRECT ANSWER - Musical squeaking sounds that sound polyphonic
(high-pitched wheeze) or monophonic (low-pitched wheeze) caused by airflow obstruction
Stridor - CORRECT ANSWER - High-pitched inspiratory crowing sound (heard without
the stethoscope) caused by upper airway obstruction
Fremitus - CORRECT ANSWER - Palpable vibration when speaking
Orthopnea - CORRECT ANSWER - SOB when supine and improves when sitting or
standing
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWER - Awakening from sleep with
sudden SOB and needing to be upright to achieve comfort
Crepitus - CORRECT ANSWER - Coarse, crackling sensation of a joint palpable over the
skin surface
Hemoptysis - CORRECT ANSWER - Coughing up blood from lungs
Atelectasis - CORRECT ANSWER - Collapse of part or all of a lung
Bronchial (1st type of normal breath sound) - CORRECT ANSWER - Heard over the
trachea and larynx
Bronchovesicular (2nd type of normal breath sound) - CORRECT ANSWER - Heard
posteriorly over major bronchi and anteriorly between scapulae and around upper sternum
Vesicular (3rd type of normal breath sound) - CORRECT ANSWER - Heard over
peripheral lung fields where air flows through smaller bronchioles and alveoli
