NSG 2317 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ALREADY PASSED ANSWERS
(2025-2026) UPDATE.
Functions of the respiratory system - Answer - changing chest size during respiration
- inspiration
- expiration
- control of respiration
anterior-posterior & transverse diameter - Answer - anterior-posterior: space between front of
chest and back
- transverse diameter: space from side to side
Ratio should be 1:2
Symmetric Expansion - Answer hands with thumbs at T9-10, slide hand medially to pinch, have
pt. breathe, hands should go out and back in
vocal fremitus - Answer vibration caused by speaking that is palpable
bronchial breath sounds - Answer - heard over trachea
- quality is harsh, hallow and tubular
- inspiration<expiration
bronchovesicular breath sounds - Answer - heard posteriorly between the scapulae
- quality is mixed
- inspiration = expiration
vesicular breath sounds - Answer - heard over peripheral lung fields
- rustling like wind in trees
- inspiration>expiration
, bronchophony - Answer get patient to repeat 99 while auscultating; should hear solf, muffled
sounds
egophony - Answer patient says "eeeeee."; should hear muffled sounds
whispered pectoriloquy - Answer patient whispers a phrase; should be quiet muffled sounds
barrel chest - Answer increased anterior-posterior chest diameter
pectus excavatum - Answer a chest that is hollowed out
pectus carinatum - Answer forward protrusion of the sternum; pigeon chest
scoliosis - Answer lateral curvature of the spine
kyphosis - Answer humpback
axillary tail of spence - Answer superior lateral corner of breast tissue, projects up and laterally
into axilla, most common place for breast cancer
the quadrants of the breast tissue - Answer upper inner, upper outer, lower inner, lower outer
Glandular breast tissue - Answer - lobes, lobules, alveoli
- lactiferous ducts and sinuses
Fibrous breast tissue - Answer - suspensory ligaments or Cooper's ligaments
gynecomastia - Answer Abnormal development of breast tissue in males; deficiency in
testosterone
Tanner Scale Breast Stage 1 - Answer - preadolescent
AND ALREADY PASSED ANSWERS
(2025-2026) UPDATE.
Functions of the respiratory system - Answer - changing chest size during respiration
- inspiration
- expiration
- control of respiration
anterior-posterior & transverse diameter - Answer - anterior-posterior: space between front of
chest and back
- transverse diameter: space from side to side
Ratio should be 1:2
Symmetric Expansion - Answer hands with thumbs at T9-10, slide hand medially to pinch, have
pt. breathe, hands should go out and back in
vocal fremitus - Answer vibration caused by speaking that is palpable
bronchial breath sounds - Answer - heard over trachea
- quality is harsh, hallow and tubular
- inspiration<expiration
bronchovesicular breath sounds - Answer - heard posteriorly between the scapulae
- quality is mixed
- inspiration = expiration
vesicular breath sounds - Answer - heard over peripheral lung fields
- rustling like wind in trees
- inspiration>expiration
, bronchophony - Answer get patient to repeat 99 while auscultating; should hear solf, muffled
sounds
egophony - Answer patient says "eeeeee."; should hear muffled sounds
whispered pectoriloquy - Answer patient whispers a phrase; should be quiet muffled sounds
barrel chest - Answer increased anterior-posterior chest diameter
pectus excavatum - Answer a chest that is hollowed out
pectus carinatum - Answer forward protrusion of the sternum; pigeon chest
scoliosis - Answer lateral curvature of the spine
kyphosis - Answer humpback
axillary tail of spence - Answer superior lateral corner of breast tissue, projects up and laterally
into axilla, most common place for breast cancer
the quadrants of the breast tissue - Answer upper inner, upper outer, lower inner, lower outer
Glandular breast tissue - Answer - lobes, lobules, alveoli
- lactiferous ducts and sinuses
Fibrous breast tissue - Answer - suspensory ligaments or Cooper's ligaments
gynecomastia - Answer Abnormal development of breast tissue in males; deficiency in
testosterone
Tanner Scale Breast Stage 1 - Answer - preadolescent
