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The brachial artery is located in the upper arm, running from the axillary artery at the lower margin of the teres major muscle to the elbow, where it bifurcates into the radial and ulnar arteries. It lies medial to the biceps brachii muscle and is often palpated for pulse checks in the upper arm. Its primary function is to supply blood to the arm and forearm.
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Which artery is the best site to assess the pulse of a 2 year old child who is brought to the clinic for a wellcare check up?
Common carotid artery
To stop severe bleeding of the arm which pressure point do you use?
To stop bleeding of the arm press on the brachial artery.
What are the pulse sites on the body?
Temporal, Radial, Dorsalis Pedis, Anterior Tibial, Apical pulse, Ulnar pulse, brachial pulse, Carotid pulse, Femoral pulse, Popliteal pulse, Posterior Tibialis pulse Those are the ones I can think of but there are more.
What is the functions of the facial artery?
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What is the axillary artery?
The axillary artery is a major artery of the upper limb. It continues from the subclavian artery.
What is the next vessel after the axillary artery and before the radial and ulnar artery?
The vessel after the axillary artery, before it branches into the radial artery and ulnar artery is called the brachial artery.
What is the largest branch of the internal carotid artery?
External Carotid Artery,which is a branch of Brachiocephalic Artery give 8 major branches 1,Superior Thyroid Artery 2,Ascending Pharyngeal Artery 3,Lingual Artery 4,Facial Artery 5,Occipital Artery 6,Posterior Auricular Artery 7,Maxillary Artery 8,Superficial Temporal Artery Superficial Temporal Artery is the last branch and it ends by anastomosing withSupraorbital branch of Internal carotid artery
What is a leg artery?
An artery in the leg is called the "femoral artery."
Is the pulmonary artery the largest artery?
No, the aorta is the largest artery.
Is the femoral artery a muscular artery?
No, it is an elastic artery
What is the artery that serves kidney?
the renal artery
Blood in what artery will enter into the brachial artery?
Axillary artery.
