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NURS 502 EXAM 3 NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
How do you perform thoracic expansion? - ANSWER-Hands
spread on someone's back, take a deep breath, both hands
should move equally and raise
Normal diaphragmatic excursion - ANSWER-3-5 cm
Tactile fremitus - ANSWER-palpable vibration, vibration will
increase where its present
Egophony - ANSWER-transmitted voice sounds, say "E" if it
sounds like A it is site of consolidation
Whisper perctoriloquy - ANSWER-sounds over consolidation,
have patient whisper if they are louder than usual muffled sounds
theres consolidation
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Bronchophony - ANSWER-Say "99" muffled as you go down,
louder where there is consolidation
Thorax of geriatric patients - ANSWER-decreased mobility of
thorax, is normal with aging
Kyphosis - ANSWER-excessive outward curvature of the spine,
causing hunching of the back. with aging usually
AP diameter in newborns - ANSWER-1:1 until the age of 2 then it
is 2:1
True or false: hyperresonance is normal in pediatrics - ANSWER-
true
Diaphragm in pregnancy - ANSWER-pressure of growing fetus
can affect the diaphragm
True or false: do not percuss kids - ANSWER-true
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Rhonchi - ANSWER-loud, low coarse sound like a snore, heard
continuously during inspiration or expiration
Wheezing - ANSWER-musical noise most often heard
continuously during inspiration or expiration; usually louder during
expiration
Epiglottis - ANSWER-acute, life-threatening infection involving the
epiglottis and surrounding tissues
atelectasis - ANSWER-delayed or diminished chest wall
movement, narrowed intercostal space on affected side
Resonance sounds - ANSWER-normal
Dull sounds - ANSWER-increased density of the lung
Vesicular sounds - ANSWER-heard over most of lung fields; low
pitch; soft and short expirations more prominent in a thin person
or child
NURS 502 EXAM 3 NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
How do you perform thoracic expansion? - ANSWER-Hands
spread on someone's back, take a deep breath, both hands
should move equally and raise
Normal diaphragmatic excursion - ANSWER-3-5 cm
Tactile fremitus - ANSWER-palpable vibration, vibration will
increase where its present
Egophony - ANSWER-transmitted voice sounds, say "E" if it
sounds like A it is site of consolidation
Whisper perctoriloquy - ANSWER-sounds over consolidation,
have patient whisper if they are louder than usual muffled sounds
theres consolidation
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Bronchophony - ANSWER-Say "99" muffled as you go down,
louder where there is consolidation
Thorax of geriatric patients - ANSWER-decreased mobility of
thorax, is normal with aging
Kyphosis - ANSWER-excessive outward curvature of the spine,
causing hunching of the back. with aging usually
AP diameter in newborns - ANSWER-1:1 until the age of 2 then it
is 2:1
True or false: hyperresonance is normal in pediatrics - ANSWER-
true
Diaphragm in pregnancy - ANSWER-pressure of growing fetus
can affect the diaphragm
True or false: do not percuss kids - ANSWER-true
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Rhonchi - ANSWER-loud, low coarse sound like a snore, heard
continuously during inspiration or expiration
Wheezing - ANSWER-musical noise most often heard
continuously during inspiration or expiration; usually louder during
expiration
Epiglottis - ANSWER-acute, life-threatening infection involving the
epiglottis and surrounding tissues
atelectasis - ANSWER-delayed or diminished chest wall
movement, narrowed intercostal space on affected side
Resonance sounds - ANSWER-normal
Dull sounds - ANSWER-increased density of the lung
Vesicular sounds - ANSWER-heard over most of lung fields; low
pitch; soft and short expirations more prominent in a thin person
or child
