0
wrist,,,,,
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are pulse points?
Pulse points are places on your body where your arteries are so close to the surface that you can feel your pulse. The easiest to find pulse points are the brachial (inside of the elbow), radial (wrist), and carotid (neck).
Points at the body surface where the pulse may be felt?
Typically the inner wrist or the base of the throat.
The pulse rate at your femoral artery is the same as the pulse rates at all points of the body?
yes
The pulse point located at the wrist is the?
The pulse point that is located at the wrist is called the radial pulse. All together there are five pulse points in the human body.
What is the number of pulse points in the human body?
there is (1) temporal pulse, (2) facial pulse, (3) carotid pulse, (4) antebrachial pulse, (5) brachial pulse, (6) radial pulse, (7) apical pulse, (8) popliteal pulse and another one on the anterior portion of the feet.
How is pulse diagnosis practiced in Western medicine?
doctors check the pulse of patients by placing their hands on the wrist and by listening to the pulse at various points on the body with a stethoscope.
Why do your feet pulse with your heart?
You have several pulse points in your body, you are probably aware of the carotid pulse in your neck and the radial pulse in your wrist. The feet also have pulse points. there are 2; the dorsalis pedis, essentially on the top of your foot as it turns into your leg, and the medial malleor, on the inside part of your ankle.
Why does a doctor check pulse on your foot?
The doctor is checking one of several pulse points. These points can tell her if there is good blood flow to a body part such as the leg and foot in this case.
Why pulse are felt at specific body location?
Veins or arteries are close to the surface,
Why can the pulse be felt in certain areas of the body like the wristneck and hollow of the elbow?
Places where an artery is close to the surface of the body.
Why does putting cold water on your pulse points cool you down?
im no scientist but i would think that if you put cool water on pulse points it would cool your blood rapidly wich circulates through your body
Would you show a diagram of the human body indicating pulse points?
femoral radius ulna cartoid
