Human Physiology
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Author: Fox, Stuart Ira
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 16, Problem 33RA
The nature of the sounds produced by percussion (tapping) of a patient's chest can tell a physician a great deal about the condition of the organs within the thoracic cavity. Healthy, air-filled lungs resonate, or sound hollow. How do you think the lungs of a person with emphysema would sound in comparison to healthy lungs? What kind of sounds would be produced by a collapsed lung, or one that was partially filled with fluid?
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