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- Your thumb has its own pulse. Next time you hold your thumb up to your wrist, you will feel a faint pulsation. That’s because the thumb has its own dedicated blood supply, and the pulse you feel is the result of blood flowing through the arteries in your thumb.
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Jul 19, 2017 · THUMBS HAVE THEIR OWN PULSE. You might have noticed that medical professionals take a pulse with the middle and index finger. The reason is because there's a big artery in the thumb, the...
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Oct 11, 2024 · Your thumb has its own pulse. Next time you hold your thumb up to your wrist, you will feel a faint pulsation. That’s because the thumb has its own dedicated blood supply, and the pulse you feel is the result of blood flowing through the arteries in your thumb.
Sep 4, 2013 · The procedure involves measuring the pulse in the finger or on the arm, combined with an individual's age and body mass index. A University of Iowa physiologist has a new technique to measure the stiffness of the aorta, a common risk factor for heart disease.
It doesn't have its "own" pulse exactly - not in the sense of a pulse that's independent from your heart or from the rest of the body (if that's what you meant). It's just a place where your pulse is easy to feel because there is an artery relatively close to the surface.
- Temporal artery pulse. The superficial temporal artery is where you assess temporal pulse with your index and middle fingertips. It can be located over the temple just in front of the tragus of the external ear.
- Carotid artery pulse. The anatomical location of the carotid pulse is along the medial edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle in the neck (i.e., mid-line between earlobe and chin below the jawline.)
- Apical pulse. The apical pulse can be anatomically located over the 5th intercostal space at the left mid-clavicular line. Unlike other pulses, the apical pulse is unilateral and auscultated directly over the apex of the heart.
- Brachial artery pulse. The brachial pulse is felt on the anterior aspect of the elbow by gently pressing the artery against the underlying bone with the middle and index fingers (i.e: the groove between the biceps and triceps at the antecubital fossa).
The pulse is usually taken from the radial artery, which can be felt at the wrist, where a watchstrap usually sits, in line with the base of the thumb. It should be felt with two or three fingers of the other hand.
Use the first finger (the one you point with) and middle finger of one hand and place the pads of these fingers on the inside of the wrist on your other hand, at the base of your thumb. Press lightly and feel the pulse.
