the common site for obtaining a pulse rate from the femoral artery is ventral aspect of the wrist on the side of the thumb.
where is the common site for obtaining a pulse rate from the femoral artery?
ventral aspect of the wrist on the side of the thumb
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 (superficial and deep). the study of the pulse is known as sphygmology.
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deep artery of the thigh





























the deep artery of the thigh, (profunda femoris artery or deep femoral artery) is a branch of the femoral artery that, as its name suggests, travels more deeply (posteriorly) than the rest of the femoral artery.





























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the deep artery of the thigh branches off the femoral artery soon after its origin. it travels down the thigh closer to the femur than the femoral artery, running between the pectineus and the adductor longus, and running on the posterior side of adductor longus. the deep femoral artery does not leave the thigh.





























section::::structure.:branches.
deep artery of the thigh