are you feeling when you feel your pulse? Measure your pulse rate for 10 s and for 1 min. Is there a factor of 6 difference?
Step-by-step solution Step 1 of 3 The heart is pumping the blood to the arteries. Blood flow from the heart moves through arteries to the whole body. When heart pumps blood aortic valve opens and blood is pushed into the arteries. The pressure of blood increases in the arteries and arteries wall stretch, when the aortic valve shuts the flow of blood to the arteries from heart stops. The walls of the arteries stretch and relax periodically. Step 2 of 3 When you feel your pulse you feel the stretch and relax of arteries. As with each single pump of heart blood flows into the body, so arteries stretch and relax each time. Thus, pulse rate is a measure of the number of times heart pumps out or arteries stretch and relax in one minute.