High-pitched, loud, tubular breath sounds with an expiratory component equal to the inspiratory component best describes which of the following breath sounds?

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The description given best matches bronchial breath sounds which are heard over the trachea and larynx. They have a high-pitched, loud, tubular quality with inspiration being shorter than expiration. Adventitious breath sounds are abnormal and include crackles, wheezes, and rhonchi. Vesicular breath sounds are heard over the peripheral lung fields and are low-pitched with a rustling quality. Bronchovesicular breath sounds are heard over the main bronchus and have an equal inspiratory and expiratory component.

High-Pitched, Loud, Tubular Breath Sounds with an Expiratory Component Equal