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Do you feel both contractions of your heart when you check your pulse? or just one beat?
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Just one beat: The beat is the pressure wave of the blood flowing from the heart. The contraction of the ventricles creates one pressure wave. A person doesn't feel the contractions of the atria because no arterial pressure wave is created.
Answered 10/4/2014
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