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Is the beat your doctor listens to through a stethoscope is the sound of the four valves opening and closing?
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How is atelectasis diagnosed?
When the doctor listens to the lungs through a stethoscope (ausculation), diminished or bronchial breath sounds may be heard. By tapping on the chest (percussion) while listening through the stethoscope, the doctor can often tell if the lung is collapsed
What causes the sounds that are normally heard when listening to the heart through a stethoscope?
The sound is caused by the closing of valves in the heart.
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.
The normal heart sounds heard through a stethoscope are caused by the contractions of the ventricles?
Normal heart sounds (often called lub-dub) are caused by the pressure changes in the ventricles closing the various heart valves. The first sound, lub, is caused by the closing of the atrioventricular valves after the ventricles have filled with blood and as the ventricles begin to contract. The second sound, dub, is caused by the closing of the semilunar valves as the ventricles relax after pushing blood forward.
Where can one purchase a Littmann cadiology stethoscope?
The Littmann Cardiology III Stethoscope can be purchased through Amazon and from the Medisave website. Different model versions of the stethoscope can generally be found on ebay as well.
What causes the sounds heard through a stethoscope?
Your heart beat of course.
Assessing a patient through a stethoscope is called?
Auscultation
Can you hear through walls with a stethoscope?
Yes you can but there are better listening devices.
What allows the exchange of the gases oxygen and carbon dioxide between the plant and the atmosphere through what?
Stomata and lenticells
What is the functions of tubing in a stethoscope?
The function of the tubing in a stethoscope is to magnify the sound waves by making them narrow enough to be heard at an accurate timing through the ear canal.
How does a stethoscope transmit sound?
When a doctor or nurse places a stethoscope diaphragm on a patient's chest, sound waves traveling through the patient's body cause the flat surface of the diaphragm to vibrate.When a doctor or nurse places a stethoscope diaphragm on a patient's chest, sound waves traveling through the patient's body cause the flat surface of the diaphragm to vibrate.
What is the first beat heard through a stethoscope when taking blood pressure?
systolic
