Q. What are the different types of thermometer and their uses?
The different types of medical thermometers
- Digital thermometer. Digital thermometers work by using heat sensors that determine body temperature.
- Oral thermometer.
- Digital ear (tympanic) thermometer.
- Forehead (temporal) thermometer.
- App-based thermometer.
- Pacifier thermometer.
- Mercury (liquid in glass) thermometer.
Q. What are the 4 types of thermometer?
Parents use four types of thermometers: rectal, oral, ear, and armpit. Learn the best way to use each one. When you report a fever to your doctor, always tell her where you took your child’s temperature and which type of thermometer you used. Here’s how different methods measure up.
Q. How many types of thermometers are there?
A thermometer is a device that is used to measure the temperature of a body. Common types of thermometers are Medical thermometers, Infrared thermometers, Mercury thermometers, thermocouple thermometers, laboratory thermometers, Bimetallic strip thermometers, Pyrometers, etc.
Q. What are the different uses of thermometer?
– To measure the outdoor temperature. – To measure body temperature during a physical exam at the doctors. – To measure body temperature when someone is ill to determine if he/she has a fever. – To measure the temperature of an oven.
Q. What are the two main types of thermometers?
What are the different types of thermometer?
- Digital thermometers. Digital thermometers are regarded as the fastest and most accurate type of thermometer.
- Electronic ear thermometers.
- Forehead thermometers.
- Plastic strip thermometers.
- Pacifier thermometer.
- Glass and mercury thermometers.
Q. What kind of thermometer do hospitals use?
Once a staple in most medicine cabinets, mercury thermometers use mercury encased in glass to measure body temperature.
