Q.Enumerate the uses of stethoscope

Step 1. The stethoscope's most basic use is to hear the internal sounds of the human body - heartbeat, the sounds of air moving in and out of the lungs during breathing, stomach and intestinal movements, and even foetal movement.

Step 2. In cardiac assessment, it helps find normal versus abnormal heartbeat sounds and diagnose the state of the heart's valve function.

Step 3. In respiratory assessment, it helps diagnose lung diseases such as pneumonia, pulmonary oedema, bronchitis and pleuritis by their characteristic breath sounds. …

List the stethoscope's clinical uses by body system: cardiac, respiratory, blood press …

• Naming only 'listening to the heart' and omitting its equally important lung and blood-pressure-assisting uses. …