When auscultating the client's lungs, a nurse notes normal vesicular sounds as:
1. Medium-pitched blowing sounds with inspirations that equal expirations
2. Loud, high-pitched, hollow sounds with expiration longer than inspiration
3. Soft, breezy, low-pitched sounds with longer inspiration
4. Sounds created by air moving through small airways
ANS: 3
Normal vesicular sounds are soft, breezy, and low-pitched. The inspiratory phase is 3 times longer than the expiratory phase. Medium-pitched blowing sounds with inspiration equaling 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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