Which instrument is used to listen to internal sounds in the body?

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Which instrument is used to listen to internal sounds in the body?

Listening to internal body sounds is called auscultation. The stethoscope is the instrument designed for this purpose because its chest piece captures vibrations from the heart, lungs, and abdomen and transfers them through the tubing to the listener’s ears. This enables evaluation of heart rate and rhythm, breath sounds, and abdominal sounds. Other tools measure things like temperature (thermometer), blood pressure (sphygmomanometer), or inspect the ears (otoscope) and aren’t used to listen to internal sounds in the same way. So the stethoscope is the instrument used for auscultation.

Listening to internal body sounds is called auscultation. The stethoscope is the instrument designed for this purpose because its chest piece captures vibrations from the heart, lungs, and abdomen and transfers them through the tubing to the listener’s ears. This enables evaluation of heart rate and rhythm, breath sounds, and abdominal sounds. Other tools measure things like temperature (thermometer), blood pressure (sphygmomanometer), or inspect the ears (otoscope) and aren’t used to listen to internal sounds in the same way. So the stethoscope is the instrument used for auscultation.

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