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A nurse is using a stethoscope and blood pressure cuff to manually measure a client's blood pressure. The nurse knows that which of the following facts related to blood flow underlies the ability to hear blood pressure by auscultation (listening)?
 
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  The force of blood with each cardiac contraction produces friction on vessel walls that can be heard and felt.
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  The movement of smooth muscle surrounding vessels produces noise that is audible by a stethoscope.
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  Turbulent flow of blood during systole produces sound while laminar flow during diastole is silent.
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  Pressure pulsation that exceeds the velocity of blood flow is audible and coincides with systolic BP.
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This helped my grade so much Perfect
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