The adventitious breath sounds that sound like popping in the small airways or alveoli are
a. sonorous wheezes. c. sibilant wheezes.
b. crackles. d. pleural friction rubs.
B
Crackles or rales are short, discrete, popping or crackling sounds produced by fluid in the small airways or alveoli.
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