Draw a neat labelled diagram of clinical thermometer and explain it in detail
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Explanation:
Doctors use a special thermometer called the clinical thermometer for measuring the temperature of the patient's body. This thermometer has the markings from 35∘C to 42∘C. It has a slight bend or kink in the stem above the bulb. This kink is called the constriction. This constriction prevents the mercury from falling back all by itself. The temperature of a healthy person is 37∘C. This temperature is marked by a red arrow.
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A clinical thermometer is used for measuring human or animal body temperature.
Explanation:
1. The tip of the thermometer is inserted into the mouth under the tongue (oral or sub-lingual temperature), under the armpit (axillary temperature), into the rectum via the anus (rectal temperature), into the ear (tympanic temperature), or on the forehead (temporal temperature).
2.Uses of a Clinical Thermometer
(i) Human Body Temperature.
(ii) Animal Body Temperature.
(iii)Predicting Female Fertility.
3.To measure the temperature a person has to hold the tip of the thermometer either under the armpit or in the mouth under his tongue for a minute. ... Then we observe the number against the point at which the mercury column stop rising further indicates the body temperature of the person.
