After teaching a group of students about the traditional areas of auscultation of heart sounds, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as Erb's point?
A) Fifth intercostal space near the left midclavicular line
B) Third to fifth intercostal space at the left sternal border
C) Second intercostal space at the right sternal border
D) Second or third intercostal space at the left sternal border
B
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