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Lesson 4: Breathing
Exercises: Lesson 4
EXERCISES: LESSON 4
INSTRUCTIONS. The following exercises are to be answered by marking the lettered response that best answers the question or best completes the incomplete statement or by writing the answer in the space provided. After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the end of the lesson and check your answers.
1. The muscle or group of muscles that is responsible for most of the air movement
into and out of the lungs is/are the:
a. Shoulder muscles.
b. Abdominal muscles.
c. Intercostal muscles.
d. Diaphragm.
e. Larynx.
2. Consider the following breathing patterns for an adult patient.
Time Patient Actions
0 sec
Inhale-exhale
4 sec
Inhale-exhale
8 sec
Inhale-exhale
12 sec
Inhale-exhale
17 sec
Inhale-exhale
21 sec
Inhale-exhale
25 sec
Inhale-exhale
30 sec
What is the patient's breathing rate? _____________
3. How would you describe the patient's breathing rate in exercise 2?
a. Deep.
b. Normal.
c. Productive.
d. Rapid.
e. Slow.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXERCISES 4 THRU 11. Match the term in Column I with its meaning in Column II by writing the letter of the meaning in the blank.
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Column I
_____ 4. Sputum
_____ 5. Viscous
_____ 6. Acute
_____ 7. Depth
_____ 8. Wheezing
_____ 9. Chronic
_____10. Normal adult breathing rate
_____11. Labored breathing
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Column II
a. Breathing accompanied by whistling sounds.
b. Cough that has existed for a long time.
c. 6-10 breaths per minute.
d. Gasping for air.
e. Bracing arms against knees in order to breathe more normally.
f. Cough that came on suddenly.
g. 12-20 breaths per minute.
h. Amount of air breathed in and out.
i. Thick.
j. Mucus coughed up from lungs.
k. Mucus produced in the mouth and used in digestion of food. |
12. Have a person lie down. Take his pulse. After taking his pulse, determine his
breathing rate without letting him know that you are taking his breathing rate.
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