The nurse is auscultating the client's lungs and notes normal vesicular sounds as being which of the following?
a. Medium-pitched blowing sounds with inspiration equalling expiration
b. Loud, high-pitched, hollow sounds with expiration longer than inspiration
c. Soft, breezy, low-pitched sounds with longer inspiration
d. Sounds created by air moving through small airways
C
Normal vesicular sounds are soft, breezy, and low-pitched. The inspiratory phase is three times longer than the expiratory phase.
Medium-pitched blowing sounds with inspiration equalling expiration are bronchovesicular breath sounds.
Loud, high-pitched, hollow sounds with longer expiration are bronchial breath sounds.
Vesicular sounds are created by air moving through smaller airways. Abnormal breath sounds result from air passing through narrowed airways.
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