lung fields

noun

lung fields

noun
1

The pleural apices and bases of lungs used to auscultate for the lung sound component of vital signs.

  • You auscultate her lung sounds and hear scattered wheezing in all lung fields.2010, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Emergency Care and Transport of the Sick and Injured, 10th Edition, page 494

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