The auscultatory method of measuring blood pressure
A. monitors the oscillations in the blood vessel during changes in pressure.
B. relies on hearing Korotkoff sounds through a stethoscope.
C. involves an electronic transducer attached to a mercury manometer.
D. relies on the insertion of a cannula into the vessel in which pressure is being measured.
E. relies on hearing the sounds made by laminar flow of the blood.
Answer: B
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