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2.3 Pulse
How is our pulse measured? 8
Our pulse rate
Each heartbeat is a’cycle of contraction and relaxation’of
oursheart muscles; With every heartbeat, blood is pumped
through our blood vessels, causing them to expand and
relax.
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Observe, Evaluate
Count your pulses for
$B seconds. Multiply this by
four to obtain your pulse
We can take our pulse by Pressing two fingers on our wrist
as shown in the picture below. Theinumber of pulses in a’
minute is’our pulse rateOur pulse rate shows the number
rate. Try different activities
of times our heart beats in a minutes This is alsocalled oun ia lndtees
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