EXE 234 - Auscultation of Heart and Lungs

Auscultation is important in clinical practice because:

• It allows for the detection of abnormal heart and lung sounds.

• It is a method to measure blood pressure.

• It helps in visualizing internal organs.

• It is used to assess reflexes.

The heart has 4 specific auscultation points. Name the 4 sites.

Which of the following is an auscultation point of the heart?

• A) Aortic area

• B) Pulmonic area

• C) Tricuspid area

• D) Mitral area

What are the characteristics of vesicular breath sounds?

Vesicular breath sounds are soft and ________.

• low-pitched

• high-pitched

• loud

• harsh

True or False: There is a gap between phases in vesicular breath sounds.

• True

• False

What are the characteristics of Diminished or Bronchial breath sounds?

• Loud and Tubular

• High Pitched

• Inspiratory and Expiratory Phase are equal

• Definitive Gap between phases

Diminished or Bronchial breath sounds are ______ and Tubular.

• Loud

• Soft

• Silent

• Muffled

Diminished or Bronchial breath sounds have a ______ pitch.

• High

• Low

• Medium

• Variable

In Diminished or Bronchial breath sounds, the Inspiratory and Expiratory Phase are ______.

• equal

• different

• longer

• shorter