Harsh, high-pitched breath sounds where the inspiration equals the expiration heard above the supraclavicular notch on the anterior thorax.
Bronchial Breath Sounds
Loud, high-pitched breath sounds with the inspiration shorter than expiration; heard just above the clavicles on each side of the sternum, between the scapulae, over the manubrium on the anterior thorax.
Vesicular Breath Sounds
Soft, low-pitched breath sounds where the inspiration is longer than the expiration; heard in all other areas of the lungs.
Bronchovesicular Breath Sounds
Breath sounds that are medium in loudness and pitch where inspiration equals expiration; heard next to sternum between the scapulae on the anterior thorax and posterior thorax.