Question

Clinical thermometer measures only our body temperature. why?which antiseptic used for clinical thermometer

Answer 1

clinical thermometer is only used to measure the body temperature because the normal body temperature of healthy human body is 37 degree Celsius and normally does not go below 35 to 40 to degree Celsius that's why clinical thermometer is used to measure the body temperature only

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Answer 2

Answer:

A 'kink' in the glass tube which breaks the mercury as it contracts, storing the highest temperature reading. The glass tube is shaped like a lens to magnify the thin mercury thread. Shaking the thermometer resets the mercury back into the bulb.