A 22-year-old woman is admitted to the emergency depament in an unconscious state. The nurse takes a radial pulse to determine the hea rate of the patient. This pulse is felt lateral to which tendon?
The location for palpation of the radial pulse is lateral to the tendon of the flexor carpi radialis, where the radial aery can be compressed against the distal radius.
Palmaris longus
Flexor pollicis longus
Flexor digitorum profundus
Flexor carpi radialis
Upper limb : Miscellaneous