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pulse

Also known as pulse rate

In medicine, pulse is the rhythmic expansion and contraction of an artery in response to the cardiac cycle (heartbeat). The pulse may be felt (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 (posterior tibial artery), and on foot (dorsalis pedis artery). The pulse is most commonly measured at the wrist or neck for adults and at the brachial artery (inner upper arm between the shoulder and

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Your pulse is the rhythmic throbbing you feel in your arteries as your heart beats, pumping blood through your body. Doctors and nurses commonly measure it at your wrist or neck because these locations allow easy access to arteries near the skin's surface, making it a quick way to check your heart rate and overall health.

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Key facts

Body process.name: Pulse
Body process.image: Hand-book of physiology (1892) (14742233966).jpg
Body process.caption: Diagram of the rise and fall of blood pressure from a pulse
Body process.organisms: Animalia*
Body process.biological system: Circulatory system
Body process.action: Involuntary
Body process.method: Heart pumps blood using reciprocating method causing inconstant blood flow throughout the circulatory system that can be recognized. (See Cardiac cycle)
Body process.frequency: 60–100 per minute (humans)
Body process.duration: 0.6–1 second (humans)
Body process.footnote: Animalia with the exception of Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Bryozoan, Amphioxus

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Research

773,591 papers

[Pulse].La Clinica terapeutica · 2004Campanale R, Milanetti F, De Galasso L et al.
Comment on 'pulse rate variability in cardiovascular health: a review on its applications and relationship with heart rate variability'.ReviewPhysiological measurement · 2021Peck J, Wishon MJ, Wittels H et al.DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/ac1dec
The finger volume pulse and assessment of arterial properties.ReviewJournal of hypertension · 2002Avolio ADOI: 10.1097/00004872-200212000-00007
Heart failure, pulse pressure and heart rate: Refining risk stratification.International journal of cardiology · 2018Angeli F, Reboldi G, Verdecchia PDOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.07.072
Pulse Rate Variability Analysis Using Remote Photoplethysmography Signals.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Yu SG, Kim SE, Kim NH et al.DOI: 10.3390/s21186241
Portable Interactive Pulse Tactile Recorder and Player System.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Hsieh TC, Wu CM, Tsai CC et al.DOI: 10.3390/s21134339
Temporoorbital pulse rate can be obtained in ball pythons (Python regius) of any size and age and agrees with heart rate.The Veterinary record · 2024Ito M, Levitskiy AA, Di Girolamo NDOI: 10.1002/vetr.4596
How to check the arterial pulse.Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) · 2015Nicholson CDOI: 10.7748/ns.30.10.34.s45

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Article

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Contents

Physiology
Characteristics
Rate
Rhythm
Volume
Hypokinetic pulse
Hyperkinetic pulse
Force
Tension
Form
Equality
Condition of arterial wall
Radio-femoral delay
Patterns
Common palpable sites
Upper limb
Lower limb
Head and neck
Torso
History
See also
References
External links

== Physiology == thumb|Pulse evaluation at the radial artery thumb|Recommended points to evaluate pulse Claudius Galen was perhaps the first physiologist to describe the pulse. The pulse is an expedient tactile method of determination of systolic blood pressure to a trained observer. Diastolic blood pressure is non-palpable and unobservable by tactile methods, occurring between heartbeats.