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When assessing a patient's lungs, the nurse recalls that the left lung:
 
  a. Consists of two lobes.
  b. Is divided by the horizontal fissure.
  c. Primarily consists of an upper lobe on the posterior chest.
  d. Is shorter than the right lung because of the underlying stomach.

Question 2

When performing a respiratory assessment on a patient, the nurse notices a costal angle of approximately 90 degrees. This characteristic is:
 
  a. Observed in patients with kyphosis.
  b. Indicative of pectus excavatum.
  c. A normal finding in a healthy adult.
  d. An expected finding in a patient with a barrel chest.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The left lung has two lobes, and the right lung has three lobes. The right lung is shorter than the left lung because of the underlying liver. The left lung is narrower than the right lung because the heart bulges to the left. The posterior chest is almost all lower lobes.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The right and left costal margins form an angle where they meet at the xiphoid process. Usually, this angle is 90 degrees or less. The angle increases when the rib cage is chronically overinflated, as in emphysema.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
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