Question
Download Solution PDFA clinical thermometer reads the temperature from _________.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 35°C to 42°C.
Key Points
- Clinical thermometer is used to measure the body temperature.
- The scale of temperature is graduated from 35°C to 42°C and or from 94°F to 108°F.
- The temperature of the human body always remains within this range and this is the range on the clinical thermometer.
- There is a kink near the bulb of the clinical thermometer which prevents the automatic fall of mercury level.
Additional Information
- The medical thermometer began as an instrument more appropriately called a water thermoscope, constructed by Galileo Galilei circa 1592-1593.
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), a Polish-born Dutch physicist, engineer, and glassblower, made contributions to thermometers as well.
- Most made in the 20th century are mercury-in-glass thermometers.
- They are accurate and sensitive, having a narrow place where the mercury level rises very fast.
- A kink in the tube stops the mercury level from falling on its own.
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