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What Causes a Pulse in an Artery?

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Dr. Tina M. St. John

When you go to the doctor, she checks your heart rate by feeling your pulse. With each beat of the heart, a wave of blood is pushed from the heart into the circulation. These waves can be felt as pulsations in arteries close to the skin surface, such as those in the wrist and neck.