EVERYDAY SCIENCE

SCIENCE

CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False:Your pulse beats fastest when you are sleeping.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In general, heart rate is slower during sleep than when a person is awake. However, heart rate also changes as a sleeper cycles through the different stages of sleep. In the first stages of light sleep, heart rate begins to slow. During deep sleep, the heart rate reaches its lowest levels.

Detailed explanation-2: -While sleeping For most people, their sleeping heart rate will fall to the lower end of the normal resting heart rate range of 60–100 bpm. In deep sleep, the heart rate may fall below 60 bpm, especially in people who have very low heart rates while awake.

Detailed explanation-3: -The throbbing beat movement felt in the wrist, neck and in the temporal region of the head due to the blood flowing in the arteries is called pulse. The number of beats per minute is called the pulse rate.

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