What are terms for heart beats?

Answer 1

Pulse (pulse = to beat) or Complete Cardiac Cycle (beginning of one heartbeat until the beginning of the next) are two medical term for "heartbeat". Listen to your heartbeat and you might distinguish two sounds. The first sound is the closing of the upper atrioventicular valves. The second sound is the closing of the semilunar valves. This is the pushing of the blood out of the heart. Between beats, the heart is filling with blood and preparing for another push or pulse.