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  • When your heart beats, you can feel it in places called pulse points, according to a Family Education website on pulse taking. Sometimes, if you are lying down, you can feel a heartbeat pulse point just below your stomach, near your belly button.

    What are Pulse Points?

    Pulse points are places on the human body where the heart rhythm may be detected and monitored, according to a Biological Sciences website on pulse-taking.

    Why Should You Know Your Pulse Points?

    It is helpful to know where your main pulse points are, according to the Family Education website, because not all pulse points are always easily available. If your wrist was broken and in a cast, for example, you wouldn't be able to check that pulse point.

    Where are your Pulse Points?

    Pulse points, according to the Biological Sciences website, are found at the wrist (radial), neck artery (carotid), the inner leg and groin (femoral), the lower jawbone (facial artery), behind the knee (popliteal artery) and between the biceps muscles on your upper arm (brachial artery).

    The Abdominal Aorta Pulse Point

    There is also a pulse you can feel just above your abdomen, near your lower stomach, close to the belly-button. It is not easy to detect; it helps to be lying flat on your back to feel the pulse there.

    Why do I Feel a Pulse There?

    According to the Biological Sciences website, this abdominal, or belly button pulse you feel is caused by the action of your abdominal aorta--a large artery that pumps blood from your heart and sends it into the left and right common iliac arteries, which start near the belly button and travel into your legs.

    Source:

    madsci.org: BIological Sciences website: Pulse Points and Taking a Pulse

    life.familyeducation.com: How to Take a Pulse

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