The nurse auscultating heart sounds would recognize that the normal closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves creates the
a. apical pulse.
b. atrial gallop.
c. S1 heart sound.
d. S2 heart sound.
C
The first heart sound (S1) is linked to closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves.
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