MICROANATOMY

BLOOD CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM LYMPHOID ORGANS

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

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What is the cardiac cycle?
A
All the physiological events associated with a single heartbeat, including electrical, mechanical and heart sounds
B
All the electric events associated with 2 heartbeats in a single second
C
The performance of the human heart from the beginning of one heartbeat to the 4th
D
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Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cardiac cycle events can be divided into diastole and systole. Diastole represents ventricular filling, and systole represents ventricular contraction/ejection. Systole and diastole occur in both the right and left heart, though with very different pressures (see hemodynamics below).

Detailed explanation-2: -The cardiac cycle has 3 stages: Atrial and Ventricular diastole (chambers are relaxed and filling with blood) Atrial systole (atria contract and remaining blood is pushed into ventricles) Ventricular systole (ventricles contract and push blood out through aorta and pulmonary artery)

Detailed explanation-3: -The cardiac cycle involves four major stages of activity: 1) “Isovolumic relaxation", 2) Inflow, 3) “Isovolumic contraction", 4) “Ejection".

Detailed explanation-4: -A healthy human heart beats 72 times per minute which states that there are 72 cardiac cycles per minute. The cardiac cycle involves a complete contraction and relaxation of both the atria and ventricles and the cycle last approximately 0.8 seconds.

Detailed explanation-5: -Every single heartbeat includes three major stages: atrial systole, ventricular systole, and complete cardiac diastole.

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