1. Purpose of Auscultating Bowel Sounds: Answer to assess a normal pattern of bowelsounds 2. Peristaltic activity: Answer involuntary contraction and relaxation of longitudinal andcircular muscles throughout the digestive tract 3. Abdominal pain assessment order: Answer assess the painful abdominal area last. 4. Normal bowel sounds: Answer 5-34 clicks/gurgles per minute 5. Abnormal bowel sounds: Answer - Hypoactive bowel sounds - Hyperactive bowel sounds - borborygmus sounds 6. Borborygmus: Answer loud, gurgling sounds made by the movement of gas through theintestines. 7. Hyperactive bowel sounds: Answer loud, high-pitched sounds; heard in patients withdiarrhea, laxative use, gastroenteritis, early intestinal obstruction