Auscultation is a method used to "listen" to the sounds of the body
during a physical examination by using a stethoscope. A patient's
lungs, heart, and intestines are the most common organs heard
during auscultation.
Review Date: 05/29/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
