You are teaching a class of nursing students how to auscultate normal breath sounds. You explain that normal breath sounds are distinguished by what?
A) Their location over a specific area of the lung
B) What the sounds are like
C) Whether they are heard on inspiration or expiration
D) Whether they are continuous or noncontinuous breath sounds
Ans: A
Feedback: Normal breath sounds are distinguished by their location over a specific area of the lung and are identified as vesicular, bronchovesicular, and bronchial (tubular) breath sounds. Normal breath sounds do not change, are heard on both inspiration and expiration, and are not noncontinuous.
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