The nurse is auscultating the client's lungs and notes normal vesicular sounds as:
A. Medium-pitched blowing sounds with inspiration equaling 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
C. Normal vesicular sounds are soft, breezy, and low-pitched. The inspiratory phase is 3 times longer than the expiratory phase.
A. Medium-pitched blowing sounds with inspiration equaling expiration are bronchovesicular breath sounds.
B. Loud, high-pitched, hollow sounds with longer expiration are bronchial breath sounds.
D. Vesicular sounds are created by air moving through smaller airways. Abnormal breath sounds result from air passing through narrowed airways.
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