When auscultating the lungs of an adult patient, the nurse notes that low-pitched, soft breath sounds are heard over the posterior lower lobes, with inspiration being longer than expiration. The nurse interprets that these sounds are:

A. Normally auscultated over the trachea refers to bronchial breath sounds, which are louder and higher-pitched and heard over the trachea, not the lower lungs. B. Vesicular breath sounds and normal in that location are low-pitched and soft, heard over the peripheral lung fields, and normal for the lower lobes. C. Bronchial breath sounds and normal in that location would be expected near the trachea and bronchi, not over the peripheral lung fields. D. Bronchovesicular breath sounds and normal in that location are typically heard over the major bronchi, not the posterior lower lobes.