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Define bruit, and discuss what it indicates. A bruit is a blowing, swishing sound indicating blood flow turbulence. Indicated turbulence due to a local vascular cause, such as atherosclerosis narrowing.
S1- "LUB" - loudest at apex softest at base. Describe the characterisits of the second heart sounds and its intensity at the apex of the heart and at the base. S2- "DUB" - loudest at base. Explain the physiologic mechanism for normal splitting of S2 in the pulmonic valve area.
A bruit is a blowing, swishing sound that indicates blood flow turbulence in a vessel. Normally, no bruit is present. Atherosclerosis may be a cause of a bruit.
Definition. A bruit is an audible vascular sound associated with turbulent blood flow. Although usually heard with the stethoscope, such sounds may occasionally also be palpated as a thrill.
Bruit, also called vascular murmur, [3] is the abnormal sound generated by turbulent flow of blood in an artery due to either an area of partial obstruction or a localized high rate of blood flow through an unobstructed artery.
A bruit is the sound of blood flowing through a narrowed portion of an artery. The sound means that the blood flow may be partially blocked; artery blockage is most often due to atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).
A bruit is the sound of turbulence in blood flow when the normal laminar flow is disrupted by the stenosis.
