Question

Draw the clinical thermometer and label its parts.

Answer 1

Clinical thermometer:

1. They are also known as doctor's thermometers or medical thermometers.
2. Most have both Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales.
3. It ranges from 35 to 42 degrees Celsius.

Parts of clinical thermometer:

1. The thermometer is used to measure body temperature.
2. The clinical thermometer consists of different parts.
3. These are a bulb, kink, capillary tube, stem, and glass tube.
4. The bulb is the distal part of the thermometer.
5. Mercury is present in the bulb.
6. The kink is present above the bulb.
7. The capillary tube is a long cylindrical tube.
8. It shows the rise and fall of mercury.
9. The whole thermometer is enclosed in a glass tube.