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You can't feel ulnar pulse because, you can't compress it on a hard anatomical structure like bone. The radial artery can be compressed posterolaterally on the radius bone in the wrist region; therefore the pulse sensation can be experienced though palpation.
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Name the two main arteries in the forearm?
Radial and ulnar. Both arteries are felt on the palmar aspect of the wrist- the radial on the side of the thumb where a physician usually examines the pulse while the ulnar is on the side of the little finger.
What pulse is felt behind the knee?
The popliteal pulse is felt behind the knee.
What is the name of the artery located on the bottom of the wrist that is used when taking a pulse?
That is the Volar Radial Carpal artery, or just Radial artery, for short.
Why the pulse disappears when the brachial artery is compressed?
It is stopped because the artery is stopped from pushing the blood forward.
Pulse felt in the wrist region develops from an artery called?
radial
Did the pulse disappear completely when the radial or ulnar artery alone was compressed?
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Name the two main arteries in the forearm?
Radial and ulnar. Both arteries are felt on the palmar aspect of the wrist- the radial on the side of the thumb where a physician usually examines the pulse while the ulnar is on the side of the little finger.
Does a pulse ox read apical or radial pulse?
They read the ulnar arteries.
Which blood vessel is the pulse taken?
Subclavian artey becomes axillary artery. Axillary artery becomes brachial artery. Brachial artery divides into radial and ulnar branches. You palpate radial artery at distal end of radius bone. So you feel a pulse betwwen radius and your fingers. So it is better felt than ulnar artery.
What happens if you cant feel your pulse?
The pulse can be felt in only a few places, on the wrist and on the neck and on the ankles. If you can not feel yours, you are not in the correct spot.
Where is ulnar pulse site?
The ulnar pulse may be palapted lateral to the tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris. It is more difficult to palpate that the radial pulse because it runs deeper and lies under the pisiform and the palmar fascia.
Where can you found the 11 pulses?
Temporal, Radial, Dorsalis Pedis, Anterior Tibial, Apical pulse, Ulnar pulse, brachial pulse, Carotid pulse, Femoral pulse, Popliteal pulse, Posterior Tibialis pulse.
What pulse is felt behind the knee?
The popliteal pulse is felt behind the knee.
What pulse is felt in the antecubital space?
the brachial pulse
Palpable distal pulse means that the pulse can be?
felt
Choose the sentence that has a subject complement the nurse felt your pulse I felt much better the day ended with many surprises We cant leave without seeing her?
"I felt much better" has a subject complement.
Choose the sentence that has a subject complement A the nurse felt your pulse B you felt much better C the day ended with many surprises D you cant leave without seeing her?
B: I felt much better.
