Question

Write about pulse. Short note

Answer 1

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Pulse is a pressure wave that travels through the arteries after each ventricular systole.

The pulse may be felt in any artery that lies near the surface of the body.

The radial artery at the wrist is most commonly used to feel the pulse in the arteries. the pulse rate per minute indicates the heart rate.

Thus pulse rate is same as that of the heart rate, 72 per minute.



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Answer 2

In medicine, a pulse represents the tactile arterial palpation of the heartbeat by trained fingertips. 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), at the groin (femoral artery), behind the knee (popliteal artery), near the ankle joint (posterior tibial artery), and on foot (dorsalis pedis artery). Pulse (or the count of arterial pulse per minute) is equivalent to measuring the heart rate. The heart rate can also be measured by listening to the heart beat by auscultation, traditionally using a stethoscope and counting it for a minute. The radial pulse is commonly measured using three fingers. This has a reason: the finger closest to the heart is used to occlude the pulse pressure, the middle finger is used get a crude estimate of the blood pressure, and the finger most distal to the heart (usually the ring finger) is used to nullify the effect of the ulnar pulse as the two arteries are connected via the palmar arches (superficialand deep). The study of the pulse is known as sphygmology.