Nurs 3043 Thorax & Lungs

Front 1

adventitious sounds

Back 1

added sounds that are not normally heard in the lungs

Front 2

angle of louis

Back 2

manubriosternal angle; the articulation of the manubrium and the body of the sternum, continuous with the second rib; also called the "sternal angle"

Front 3

apnea

Back 3

cessation of breathing

Front 4

atelectasis

Back 4

an abnormal respiratory condition characterized by a collapsed, shrunken, or deflated section of alveoli or entire lung

Front 5

bradypnea

Back 5

slow breathing; less than 10 breaths per minute, regular rate

Front 6

bronchovesicular breath sounds

Back 6

the normal breath sound heard over major bronchi; characterized by moderate pitch and an equal duration of inspiration and expiration

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cheyne-stokes respirations

Back 7

a cycle in which respirations gradually wax and wane in a regular pattern, increasing in rate and depth and then decreasing. breathing periods last 30-45 seconds with periods of apnea in the cycle. Most common cause is severe heart failure

Front 8

costal angle

Back 8

(margin) lower border of the rib margin formed by the medial edges of the eighth, ninth, and tenth ribs

Front 9

crackles

Back 9

abnormal, discontinuous, adventitious lung sounds heard on inspiration; also called "rales"

Front 10

dyspnea

Back 10

difficult, labored breathing

Front 11

hypercapnia

Back 11

increased levels of carbon dioxide in the blood; also called "hypercarbia"

Front 12

hypoxemia

Back 12

decreased level of oxygen in the blood

Front 13

pleural friction rub

Back 13

very superficial sound that is coarse and low pitched; has a grating quality as if two pieces of leather are being rubbed together; sound is inspiratory and exspiratory

Front 14

resonance

Back 14

low-pitched, clear, hollow sound that predominates in healthy lung tissue in the adult

Front 15

rhonchi

Back 15

low-pitched, continuous, adventitious, snoring sound in the lungs caused by airflow obstruction from secretions

Front 16

stridor

Back 16

high-pitched, monophonic, inspiratory, crowing sound, louder in the neck then over chest wall

Front 17

tachypnea

Back 17

rapid shallow breathing; greater then 24 breaths per minute

Front 18

tactile fremitus

Back 18

palpable vibration; sounds generated from the larynx are transmitted through patent bronchi and through the lung parenchyma to the chest wall

Front 19

trachea

Back 19

midline if the neck; symmetric on both sides

Front 20

vesicular breath sounds

Back 20

the soft, low-pitched, normal breath sounds heard over peripheral lung fields

Front 21

wheezing

Back 21

a high-pitched, musical, squeaking adventitious lung sound