NUR 220 Respiratory
- Modes of respiration
Answer Thoracic (costal) Diaphragmatic Abdominal Paradoxic
- What is considered normal mode of respiration for adults?
- structure of lungs
- air enters trachea
Answer Thoracic (costal) Diaphragmatic
Answer
- trachea splits into bronchi (one bronchus to each lung)
- bronchus branches off into bronchioles
- bronchioles end in alveoli
- Difference between left and right lung
Answer The right lung has three lobes while the left lung has two lobes with a cardiac notch.
- trachea
Answer 1 / 2
air passageway cleans, warms, and moistens incoming air Transports air to and from the pharynx to the bronchi
- Bronchi function
- Pleura function
Answer Smooth muscle tissue in the walls helps regulate and carry air from the trachea to the lungs same functions as trachea; diameter decreases as branching occurs
Answer Lubricant and keeps lungs from collapsing
- Three types of normal breath sounds
Answer bronchial, bronchovesicular, vesicular
- bronchial breath sounds
Answer normal breath sounds made by air moving through the bronchi
- bronchovesicular breath sounds
Answer medium-pitched and quieter sounds normally heard over the mainstem bronchi
- vesicular breath sounds
Answer normal sound of respirations heard on auscultation over peripheral lung areas
- types of abnormal breath sounds
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Answer crackles