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Auscultation

By: Kenyana Wesley . Auscultation. Auscultation . Auscultation is the listening to internal sounds of the body usually using a stethoscope. . Stethoscope . is an acoustic medical device for auscultation, or listening to the internal sounds of an animal or human body.

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Auscultation

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  1. By: Kenyana Wesley Auscultation

  2. Auscultation • Auscultation is the listening to internal sounds of the body usually using a stethoscope.

  3. Stethoscope • is an acoustic medical device for auscultation, or listening to the internal sounds of an animal or human body.

  4. Where to hear ausculate the heart? • Mitral area: • At the apex beat, as the left ventricle is closest to the thoracic cage. • Tricuspid area: • Inferior right sternal margin is the point closest to the valve in which auscultation is possible. • Pulmonary area: • Left second intercostals space close to the sternum is where the infundibulum is closest to the thoracic cage. • Aortic area: • Right second intercostals space close to the sternum is where the ascending aorta is nearest to the thoracic cage. • The best place to hear the heart valves is not necessarily directly over the anatomical site.

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