Listening to sounds within the body, often with a stethoscope, is termed?

• A. Audiometry
• B. Auscultation
• C. Angiography
• D. Amniocentesis

Answer: (B)

Auscultation is the examination technique of listening to internal body sounds with a stethoscope. This method allows clinicians to hear heartbeats, heart murmurs, lung sounds like wheezes or crackles, and bowel sounds to assess organ function and detect abnormalities. The other terms refer to different tests: audiometry measures hearing thresholds, angiography uses imaging with contrast to visualize blood vessels, and amniocentesis collects amniotic fluid for fetal testing.