Multiple choice

Which of the following statements regarding heart sounds is incorrect?

  1. Third heart sound is pathological in children, but physiological in adults.

  2. Turbulent blood flow is a result of stenotic valves or blood vessels.

  3. Heart murmurs are pathological noises that result from abnormal blood flow in the heart or blood vessels.

  4. Heart sounds are a result of a beating heart and resultant blood flow.

  5. In a mammalian heart, the chordae tendinea functions like the strings on a parachute.
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Explanation

It is just the reverse statement as the third heart sound is physiological in children, but pathological in adults. 

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