Heart and lungs - There ARE other sounds

Like gut noises - these are always fun to point out to a patient if she is excited by the embarrassment of an exam. There are almost always gurgling and such sounds in the gut - but it makes for a good excuse to ask detailed questions about her digestion and excretion activities. Might also lead to a decision to include an enema series in the exam.

I like to examine abdominal sounds also

There's quite a range of places that can be auscultated for medical reasons. Femoral and carotid pulses are fairly common. Occasionally in clinic I've auscultated the temple. Of course, in healthy people there isn't much noise there... You could also listen to upper airway sounds by putting the bell on the trachea or larynx, although this isn't done much in a medical context.

As curiousdoc notes, you can auscultate the femoral arteries, but they should be silent in a healthy person. If you're not sure you have the stethoscope right over the artery you can compress the artery and listen for the same sounds you'd hear deflating a bp cuff. I like hearing those sounds.

Other sounds? Well I don't care. If it gives me a hard on its perfect.

I love listening to the sound of a females stomach too....just love the sound

Not really interested in listening to abdominal sounds, but hearing them when listening to her heart is kinda fun. Especially if she hears it with her own ears and I hear it through my stethoscope. Good for a giggle.

Hi, I'm new here. My stomach makes a lot of gurgling and bubbling noises all the time, mainly because I have a stomach problem, but I like listening to it with my steth. Its interesting.

I agree, I love listening to stomach noises too. Wish more people enjoyed it too

Sometimes when I'm laying in bed my stomach just won't shut up! It's kind of fun, especially if my boyfriend is there too. We have a chuckle at how loud it is. Wish I had my littman up here in cold lonely china.

Not a big fan of belly noises but a nice flat tummy always looks good!

Abdominal auscultation is very important part of my exams, almost more so than cardiac and respiratory. I always palpate and auscultate the entire colon while observing the borborygmus (bowel sounds) for signs of fluid movement, which is often an indicator of how clean or dry the colon is. If the patient has undergone a prep enema series there may be retained fluid. If I detect any signs I will have the patient use the toilet one more time before beginning a rectal or colon exam.

When I have a self-stething session I always like to include my abdomen. I'll start by listening for the pulse just above my bellybutton but then listen for my belly sounds and find it fun listening to the gurgling noises. 😃

There are other sounds, but I can't ever get past the Heart sounds.....if I hear any valve sounds I am lost in the Heart!

I was wondering if anyone else enjoyed abdominal exams.

To me, they are almost as pleasurable as the heart and lungs.

I love to hear my belly sounds! Last night I suffered from some bowel problems and I listened. It sounded like a war was going on! Also love to hear my heartbeat. I like all sounds that you can hear with a stethoscope on your body!!

This gal is a fan of abdominal auscultation 😃

For me there's not a single stethoscope exam without listening to the abdominal sounds! It just has to be a part of the process.

For me it's not interesting. I like listening to the heartbeat

I love to have my abdomen auscultated while I'm laying down flat on the exam table with my hands behind my neck. I'd also like to do the same to my patient.