Vital Body Parts You Know Nothing About

The anatomic snuffbox

If you stretch your thumb a bit, you’ll see a small triangular pit at its base. This is what medics call an anatomic snuffbox: in the past, people used it to snuff tobacco. This is also the place where you can always feel the radial artery beating even if the pulse is weak — the artery here is only protected by the skin and connective tissue.