How a stethoscope works
How a stethoscope works
- Device that allows people in the health area to amplify and listen to parts within the human body
A stethoscope¹ is a device that allows people in the health area to amplify and listen to parts of the human body, the functioning of this type of transducer consists of two parts, the first with a bell or capsule for low frequencies the lungs breathe and a mobile membrane for high pitched tones such as the heart beats, the second part corresponds to the olives, which corresponds to the part that goes in the ears, they fulfill a similar function to the headphones in an electroacoustic system.
El Estetoscopio - De que esta compuesto? Para que sirven sus partes? (Quarks M, 2011)
Quarks M. (11 nov. 2011) El Estetoscopio - De que esta compuesto? Para que sirven sus partes? [Archivo de video]. Recuperado de https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebaP1ZmtfDs
How to cite this article:
Nocetti, F.A. (2014). "How a stethoscope works". In NabbuBlog. Retrieved from http://nabbublog.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-stethoscope-works.html
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¹ Update 2019: More info in Revista educativa Partesdel.com (2017). Partes del estetoscopio. Recuperado de https://www.partesdel.com/estetoscopio.html; SaludBlog (s.f.) Estetoscopio, Historia, La pr谩ctica actual, Tipos de estetoscopios, Auriculares del estetoscopio, El desgaste y mantenimiento. Recuperado de http://lasaludfamiliar.com/caja-de-cerebro/conocimiento-639.html; Don Comos (s.f.) C贸mo funciona un estetoscopio. Recuperado de https://salud.doncomos.com/como-funciona-un-estetoscopio