What is the relationship between pulse rate and heart rate?

Answer 1

Yes, directly related. When the heart beats it pushes blood around the body. You can feel a pulse as the blood moves around the body at a variety of places (the neck, the wrist, the top of the leg). The pulse you can feel is from the blood being pushed every second or so - but the heart. The pulse rate is the same as the heartbeat rate.

Answer 2

A heart beat happens when your heart squeezes an amount of blood out of the left ventricle.

This wave of high pressure travels throughout the blood vessel (cardiovascular) system and can be felt at any point where an artery comes close enough to the surface.

Have a look at this:

http://www.holomatix.com/assets/heart/index.html

On the "interior" tab click heartbeat if you need help visualising or come back with more questions.

Peace.

Answer 3

The number of pulses tells the number of times the heart beats each minute.

Answer 4

yes, your pulse is the rate your blood is going through your body and your blood is pumped by your heart.

Answer 5

. Same thing. Your heart pumps your blood throughout your body which is why you can feel a pulse.

Answer 6

Your pulse rate is the same as your heart beat rate.

Answer 7

your pulse is basically the rate of your heart beats, when you feel your pulse what you're actually feeling is the your blood being pumped around your body.