Arterial access from lower extremity. The common femoral artery is the only access site used in the lower extremity. Catheters used for performing coronary angiography via the femoral artery were developed by Melvin Judkins, MD; thus, the method often is referred to as the Judkins technique. This widely used method requires separate preformed catheters for the right and left coronary arteries (see the images below).
Urethral sounds/play, sometimes called sounding, is basically inserting objects (often steel sounds and catheters) into the urethra for erotic purposes. Sounds painful and unpleasant to most, but some people get a kick out of this.
percussion sound any sound obtained by percussion. physiological s's those heard when an external acoustic meatus is plugged, caused by the rush of blood through blood vessels in or near the inner ear and by adjacent muscles in continuous low-frequency vibration. respiratory s's breath sounds.