Why do you feel your pulse in different parts of your body?

Posted on November 21, 2009 by admin

Besides your neck, wrist and chest.Sometimes I feel my pulse like in my forehead, or my eye. Any explanation as to why?

Your pulse is found wherever you have arteries. Veins do not have pulses as the pressure in veins is much less than in arteries. You have arteries throughout your body as that is how your body gets new oxygen. Veins take the blood back to the heart and lungs to get more oxygen to take to the arteries. Since the veins are farther from the side of the heart that has the newly oxygenated blood the pressure in them is less. How strong the pulse is depends on how large of an artery you feel it in.

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4 Responses to Why do you feel your pulse in different parts of your body?

  1. Zohra says:
    November 21, 2009 at 10:26 pm

    Me too, I feel it where your not suppose to, I don’t know why though, sorry.
    References :
    Me, myself, and I.

  2. el_sh0rtee91 says:
    November 21, 2009 at 11:14 pm

    you should feel your pulse anywhere where there’s an artery close to the surface of the skin. don’t freak its normal! :D
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  3. Darwinall says:
    November 21, 2009 at 11:41 pm

    You can feel your pulse anywhere there is an artery that you can press. It’s most obvious where there is a sizable artery that you can press against a bone or firm structures.

    So you can feel your pulse lots of places if you try. It’s just the blood of each heartbeat going through the artery. If you couldn’t feel it, then you’d be in trouble :-)

    The head has a lot of bone near the surface, so there are a number of places you’ll feel it.
    References :
    Paramedic.

  4. hopeymagoo says:
    November 21, 2009 at 11:46 pm

    Your pulse is found wherever you have arteries. Veins do not have pulses as the pressure in veins is much less than in arteries. You have arteries throughout your body as that is how your body gets new oxygen. Veins take the blood back to the heart and lungs to get more oxygen to take to the arteries. Since the veins are farther from the side of the heart that has the newly oxygenated blood the pressure in them is less. How strong the pulse is depends on how large of an artery you feel it in.
    References :
    RN