PBS 2.1.3

Front

What is the MOST effective method of assessing the quality of air movement in the lungs? Options: Auscultating breath sounds with a stethoscope, Looking for accessory muscle use, Applying a pulse oximeter, Checking for cyanosis

Back

Auscultating breath sounds with a stethoscope

Front

What does palpate mean?

Back

To examine by touch

Front

What do swollen tonsils mean?

Back

Infection or inflammation

Front

What does mitral valve regurgitation mean?

Back

The mitral valve does not close tightly, causing blood to flow backward in the heart.

Front

What does 20/70 visual acuity mean?

Back

The person can see at 20 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 70 feet.

Front

What is the function of tonsils in the human body?

Back

help fight bacterial and viral infection

Front

The Snellen Chart is used to measure which of the following?
Options: visual acuity, audio acuity, monocular acuity, color acuity

Back

visual acuity

Front

Which lung sound has a musical quality and is due to narrowing of the airway?

Back

wheezing

Front

low pitch rattling sounds in the lung that sound like snoring

Back

rhonchi

Front

Any sound the heart makes besides lub-dub is called a

Back

murmur