Respiratory Concept Lab- Shadow Health |14 Questions| With Correct Answers.

Crackles (Fine) {Ans: High-pitched crackling sounds that occur when inhaled air meets deflated alveoli, causing them to pop open. Short popping sounds, high-pitched, Location: usually bases of lower lobes.Sound like the noise created by rolling a strand of hair between your thumb and index finger. (likely Pneumonia)}Decreased Breath Sounds {Ans: Normal lungs sounds are usually easy to hear with a stethoscope. Occasionally you will hear sounds that are decreased in intensity, or even absent. Decreased breaths sounds occur in airway disease or obstruction, diaphragm paralysis, or impairment of sound transmission through the chest wall. Worsening symptoms may lead to absent breath sounds. Absent lung sounds usually indicate that no air is moving in the lung tissue.}Increased Breath Sounds {Ans: A common abnormal finding is hearing bronchial or bronchiovesicular sounds, which are louder and harsher, in peripheral lung tissue where vesicular sounds are normally heard. This occurs when underlying lung tissue is filled with liquid or solid material, rather than air.}Abnormal lung sounds {Ans: Diminished or absent breath sounds, increased breath sounds, & adventitious sounds.}Ronchi {Ans: Continuous, low-pitched snoring sounds caused by airway obstruction from thick secretions, muscular constriction, or masses. Long snoring sounds, low-pitched, Location: