Fundamentals of Lung Sounds

Normal Vesicular 645 - Auscultation Lesson

Normal vesicular lung sounds are soft, continuous, and low-pitched sounds that are most noticeably heard during inspiration. During expiration, the sound volume become lower. Inspiratory sounds are longer in duration than expiration by a3:1 ratio. Vesicular sounds are the most commonly heard lung sounds. They can be auscultated over the most of the chest wall.

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Normal Vesicular 645 - Auscultation Lesson

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