Module 5 Vocab

Question 1

Absence of breathing

Answer 1

apnea

Question 2

When the anterior-posterior diameter of the chest is equal to the transverse diameter of the chest; often seen in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Answer 2

barrel chest

Question 3

A slow respiratory rate (less than 12 breaths per minute in an adult)

Answer 3

bradypnea

Question 4

Breath sounds of a harsh or blowing quality; normally heard only over the trachea or immediately adjacent to the upper sternum in adults

Answer 4

bronchial breath sounds

Question 5

An abnormal transmission of sounds from the lungs; increase in the intensity and clarity of vocal sounds auscultated through the stethoscope; results from an increase in lung tissue density such as seen in pneumonia or the presence of a tumor

Answer 5

bronchopony

Question 6

Breath sounds normally heard in the posterior chest between the scapulae and in the center part of the anterior chest in the adult; softer than bronchial sounds; about equal during inspiration and expiration

Answer 6

bronchovesicular breath sounds

Question 7

Fine high-pitched or coarse low-pitched popping sounds that are short and discontinuous; abnormal (adventitious) sounds that may be heard in pneumonia, heart failure, atelectasis, emphysema

Answer 7

crackles

Question 8

A sound or feel that resembles the crackling noise heard when rubbing hair between the fingers; associated with gas gangrene, rubbing of bone fragments, air in superficial tissues; a clicking sound often heard in movement of joints, for example, in temporomandibular joint resulting from joint irregularities

Answer 8

crepitus

Question 9

A bluish discoloration of the skin, lips, mucus membranes and and/or nails

Answer 9

cyanosis

Question 10

Difficult breathing; AKA shortness of breath (SOB)

Answer 10

dyspnea

Question 11

A modification of the vocal sounds heard on auscultation the chest; when the patient is asked to make “ee” sounds, they are heard over the peripheral chest wall as “a”; heard with pleural effusion or pneumonia as h

Answer 11

egophony

Question 12

Coughing up blood or blood-stained sputum

Answer 12

hemoptysis

Question 13

An exaggerated deep, rapid, or labored respiration

Answer 13

hyperpnea

Question 14

Booming sound; expected percussion tone over the lungs of a person with emphysema

Answer 14

hyperresonance

Question 15

Difficulty in breathing when lying flat

Answer 15

orthopnea

Question 16

Pigeon chest; a deformity of the anterior chest characterized by a protrusion of the sternum and ribs;

Answer 16

pectus carinatum

Question 17

Funnel chest, a depression of the anterior wall of the chest produced by a sinking in of the sternum

Answer 17

pectus excavatum

Question 18

A grating sound heard on auscultation during inspiration and expiration in patients with pleuritis, due to the rubbing of the visceral and parietal pleurae

Answer 18

pleural friction rub

Question 19

An instrument used as a noninvasive method for monitoring a person’s oxygen saturation (SO2).

Answer 19

pulse oximeter

Question 20

Hollow sound heard upon percussion of the chest wall; the percussion tone expected when percussing the lungs

Answer 20

resonance

Question 21

Continuous rumbling, snoring, or rattling sounds from obstruction of large airways with secretions; clears or changes after coughing or suctioning

Answer 21

rhonchi

Question 22

An instrument for measuring the air entering and leaving the lungs

Answer 22

spirometer

Question 23

Matter expectorated from the respiratory system in diseased states that is composed chiefly of mucus

Answer 23

sputum

Question 24

A high-pitched musical or “crowing” sound heard during respiration in cases of obstruction of the air passage, a medical emergency

Answer 24

stridor

Question 25

A palpable vibration of the chest wall produced by the spoken word; AKA vocal fremitus

Answer 25

tactile fremitus

Question 26

The expansion of the chest wall palpated when the person takes a deep breath; should be bilateral and symmetric

Answer 26

thoracic expansion

Question 27

The drum-like percussion tone heard in the abdomen over air-filled organs

Answer 27

tympany

Question 28

The gentle rustling sounds of normal breathing heard by auscultation over most of the lung fields; low pitched and soft; expiration is shorter and there is no pause between inspiration and expiration

Answer 28

vesicular breath sounds

Question 29

Abnormal (adventitious) lung sound with high-pitched or low-pitched musical quality heard during both inspiration and expiration; caused by a high-velocity flow of air through a narrowed airway, bronchospasm, inflammation, or obstruction of the airway

Answer 29

wheezes

Question 30

Whispered voice sounds are transmitted clearly through consolidated pulmonary structures and are clearly audible through a stethoscope

Answer 30

whispered pectoriloquy