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Measuring Pulse To take your pulse, you press your fingers against an artery near the surface of the body. What are you feeling and measuring when you take your pulse? Why can’t you take your pulse by
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Measuring Pulse

To take your pulse, you press your fingers against an artery near the surface of the body. What are you feeling and measuring when you take your pulse? Why can’t you take your pulse by pressing your fingers against a vein?

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Veins aren’t connected to the direct flow from the heart
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Answer:How long each heart beat are apart

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the vein isnt conected to ur heart :P

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