Pulse
Pulse is an alternate expansion and recoil of an artery as the wave of blood is forced through it during contraction of the left ventricle.
The pulse can be felt by the finger on a point where an artery crosses a bone close to the surface of the skin.
Pulse may be felt
1.The radial artery in front of the wrist.
2. Temporal artery over the temporal bone.
3.Carotid artery at the side of the neck.
4.The brachial artery above the elbow and in the antecubital fossa .
5. Femoral artery in the groin.
6.Poplitial artery in the poplitial fossa (back of the knee).
7.The dorsalis pedis artery on the foot.
8. The posteiror tibial artery behind the medial malleolus.
9. Apical pulse
10. Ulnar side.
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