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Title: where are the location of pulses in the human body
Post by: j1 on 01/12/2010 21:27:16

The ones i know are:
radial, carotid, brachial, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial and dorsalis pedis..

Title: where are the location of pulses in the human body
Post by: CliffordK on 01/12/2010 23:13:40

If I could just remember all the names!!!

Here is a good summary:
http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/rattler/46/bloodpressure.htm

See Figure 3.

The indicate two additional ones:

1. Temporal artery at the temple above and to the outer side of the eye
2. External maxillary (facial) artery at the point of crossing the mandible (lower jaw)