A thermometer is a useful aid used to measure body temperature. A
thermometer is usually filled with mercury. Mercury in the tube
rises when expanded by an increase in body temperature.
Review Date: 09/23/2010
Reviewed By: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Jatin
M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical
School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease,
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
