Multiple choice

Which among the following statements regarding heart sounds is incorrect?

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

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

  3. Turbulent blood flow is a result of stenotic (narrowed) valves or blood vessels.

  4. Third heart sound is pathological in children but physiological in adults.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Third heart sound is physiological in children, but pathological in adults. The four heart sounds are a result of the atrial systole and vibration of the AV valves, due to blood rush during atrial systole.

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