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the heart is more closer to the arm than to the leg....more blood circulations happens/ appear in upper part of the body than to the lower part.but how come that some nurses took patients BP through legs?

this actions can be done when the patients has amputed arms.

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In your legs. The pressure from your weight against the ground is on your legs. Due to Newton's third law your legs must react equally and opposite to the force from the ground.

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Just a guess, but maybe because gravity pulls your blood into your legs, resulting in higher blood pressure.

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maybe there i stoo muh pressure on those certain areans concluded.

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