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What causes the sounds heard through a stethoscope?
Your heart beat of course.
Heart sounds are most easily heard by placing a stethoscope?
Apex
What is a mummur cardict?
Mummur's are pathologic heart sounds that are produced as a result of turbulent blood flow that is sufficient to produce audible noise. Most murmurs can only be heard with the assistance of a stethoscope.
What is discoverable using an amplified stethoscope?
The sounds of the Heart, lungs, circulatory and gastrointestinal systems are heard using the amplified stethoscope. It makes it easier for a medical professional to hear the sounds that are produced by these systems in the body.
What can be learned from the Valsalva maneuver?
when a doctor listens to the chest with a stethoscope during the Valsalva maneuver, characteristic heart sounds are heard. Variations in these sounds can indicate the type of abnormality present in the heart.
The device is used to auscultate lung and heart sounds?
Ears and a stethoscope.
How does a doctor listen to your heart?
A stethoscope is a device that allows a doctor to hear the sounds of your heart. Essentially the sound is transmitted from either a diaphragm or a bell that is placed on the patient's chest and through tube that splits and travels to both ears of the doctor. The doctor can use this stethoscope to hear all sorts of sounds, such as lung sounds, bowel sounds, blood vessel sounds, or even sounds of some joints.
What is the origin of heart sounds?
Heart sounds originate from the closure of heart valves during the cardiac cycle. The first heart sound (S1) is produced by the closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves, while the second heart sound (S2) is caused by the closure of the aortic and pulmonary valves. These sounds can be heard using a stethoscope during a physical examination.
What is a cardiolgy stethoscope?
A cardiology stethoscope is one that is designed in particular to listen to the various heart sounds of a patient to determine abnormalities and/or arrythmias.
What is the small side of the stethoscope used for?
It is used to detect low frequency heart sounds and to hear abormal heart sounds more clearly.
What is stethoscope use for?
A stethoscope is an accoustic device that listens to sounds from within the body. It is used to hear heartbeats, or airflow in the lungs, or blood flow (as when determining the pulse rate).The stethoscope is a device (commonly used by doctors) to listen to heart and lung sounds. He places two earpieces into his ears and places the other part of the stethoscope on the chest and he will then be able to heart the sound of your heart and lungs.
Why did Rene LAennec invents the stethoscope what is the reason behind it?
rene laennec created the stethoscope because he needed it to listen to sounds made in the heart. he had a female patient and put one end of the stethoscope on her breasts and the other on his ear to hear the sounds
