The auscultatory method of measuring blood pressure

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

Auscultatory Method

A technique for measuring blood pressure using a stethoscope and sphygmomanometer to listen to the Korotkoff sounds in an artery.

Korotkoff Sounds

Sounds heard through a stethoscope during the measurement of blood pressure with a sphygmomanometer, used to determine systolic and diastolic pressures.

Stethoscope

A medical instrument used for listening to the internal sounds of the body, such as heartbeats and lung sounds.