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  2. Pulse - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, the pulse is the rhythmic throbbing of each artery in response to the cardiac cycle (heartbeat). [1] The pulse may be palpated in any place that allows an artery to be compressed near the surface of the body, such as at the neck (carotid artery), wrist (radial artery or ulnar artery), at the groin (femoral artery), behind the knee (popliteal artery), near the ankle joint ...

  3. Common carotid artery - Wikipedia

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    The common carotid artery is often used in measuring the pulse, [3] especially in patients who are in shock and who lack a detectable pulse in the more peripheral arteries of the body. The pulse is taken by palpating the artery just deep to the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle at the level of the superior border of the thyroid ...

  4. List of arteries of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The axillary artery; The brachial artery; The radial artery; The ulnar artery; The arteries of the trunk The descending aorta. The thoracic aorta; The abdominal aorta; The common iliac arteries The hypogastric artery; The external iliac artery; The arteries of the lower extremity The femoral artery; The popliteal artery; The anterior tibial ...

  5. Dorsalis pedis artery - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the dorsalis pedis artery (dorsal artery of foot) is a blood vessel of the lower limb. It arises from the anterior tibial artery, and ends at the first intermetatarsal space (as the first dorsal metatarsal artery and the deep plantar artery). It carries oxygenated blood to the dorsal side of the foot. It is useful for taking a ...

  6. Atherosclerosis: What Men Need to Know About Plaque ... - AOL

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    Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): A bypass surgery improves blood flow to your heart by taking another blood vessel from somewhere else in your body and using it to create a new passage for ...

  7. Vital signs - Wikipedia

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    The pulse is the rate at which the heart beats while pumping blood through the arteries, recorded as beats per minute (bpm). [11] It may also be called "heart rate". In addition to providing the heart rate, the pulse should also be evaluated for strength and obvious rhythm abnormalities. [11] The pulse is commonly taken at the wrist (radial ...

  8. Brachial artery - Wikipedia

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    Superior ulnar collateral artery; Inferior ulnar collateral artery; Radial artery (used to palpate radial pulse)(a terminal branch) Ulnar artery (a terminal branch) Nutrient branches to the humerus; It also gives rise to important anastomotic networks of the elbow and (as the axillary artery) the shoulder. The biceps head is lateral to the ...

  9. Ulnar artery - Wikipedia

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    Forearm: Anterior ulnar recurrent artery, Posterior ulnar recurrent artery, Common interosseous is very short, around 1 cm, and gives rise to the anterior, posterior, and recurrent interosseous arteries and close to the wrist it gives off the palmar carpal branch which is the ulnar contribution to the palmar carpal arch and it also gives a dorsal carpal branch which is the ulnar contribution ...