The First Heart Sounds Are Best Heard

question 24

Multiple Choice

The first heart sounds are best heard .

• A) directly over the body of the sternum, just inferior to the sternal angle
• B) in the 5th intercostal spaces, at various distances from the sternal margins
• C) in the second intercostal spaces at the sternal margins
• D) just beneath the xiphoid process of the sternum

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