What is pulse and pulse rate?

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When the heart pumps blood into arteries, the arteries rhythmically stretch and relax.This stretching and relaxing of the arteries is felt as a throbbing called the pulse.
The number of beats or pulses generated per minute is known as the pulse rate.

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