Stethoscope

A Stethoscope is an instrument used to magnify sounds that are generated from within the body! Some of the organs and areas of the body for which a stethoscope can be used to diagnose illness and problems are the following:

Heart
Lungs
Digestive Tract
Arteries (blood pressure)

Consider the following parts and types of Stethoscopes:

Bell (cup shaped part at the end of the tubbing)
Diaphragm (flat part at the end of the tubing with plast drum-like covering)
Tubing (transmits sound from the diaphragm to the earpieces)
Earpieces (fit into the ears to allow magnified sound to be heard)
Allheart Stethoscopes
3M Littman Stthoscopes
Heine Stethoscopes
Welch Allen Stethoscopes
Phillips Stethoscopes
W.A. Baum Stethoscopes