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Cervical Auscultation takes place on what part of the body?

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Cervical auscultation is performed on the neck area, particularly over the cervical vertebrae or cervical spinal cord, and is unrelated to the uterine cervix or procedures involving the antecubital region.

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Cervical auscultation is a procedure that takes place on the neck region of the body, more specifically on the cervical vertebrae or the cervical area of the spinal cord. Despite the similar term, cervical auscultation is not related to the cervix within the context of cervical cancer or the uterine cervix, which is the lower part of the uterus. Thus, for cervical auscultation, the stethoscope is placed on the neck to listen to swallowing and breathing sounds and not on the antecubital region, which is related to blood pressure measurements and would involve listening for Korotkoff sounds.

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