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What do you feel to find your pulse The Artery Capillary or vein?

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You find your pulse in your artery. Your pulse is the same as your heartbeat.

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Can you feel pulse in a vein artery or capillary?
yes in artery, you can but capillary and veins no. yes in artery, you can but capillary and veins no. yes in artery, you can but capillary and veins no.
Why cant you feel pulse in the vein?
Veins take blood back to the heart.So the pluse created from the heart beating is felt as a surge of blood in an artery. by the time the surge of blood has passed through the network of arterioles...
How long are your veins arteries and capillaries?
All your veins in your body can go around the earth two times! that's over 100,00 miles
What happens to your artery when you feel a pulse?
During diastole, or the resting part of the heartbeat, there is a minimum amount of pressure on arteries. When the heart pumps (systole) it forces the blood out of the ventricle and into the artery....
Are capillaries veins or arteries?
neither actually,they are the smallest blood vessels in the body which allow the blood to reach the tissues,and also carry the blood back to the venules,which go to the veins which carry the blood...