BIOL-242 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Aortic Valve, T Wave, Systolic Geometry

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Mechanical events associated with blood flow through the heart. Cardiac cycle // includes all events associated with blood flow through heart during one complete heartbeat. Succession of pressure and blood volume changes in the heart. Blood circulates in a continuous cycle, the phases below start with an arbitrary point in the turn of the cycle. At normal heart rate of 75 bpm, one cycle lasts 0. 8 seconds. Breakdown of full cardiac cycle: 0. 8 seconds. 0. 4 second // quiescent period; total heart relaxation. Pressure changes promote blood flow and valve opening and closing. Blood flow through heart controlled entirely by pressure change (contraction and relaxation of myocardium causes heart valves to open) Blood flows down pressure gradient through any available opening. The process on right side of heart is same as left except at a lower pressure. Two side however, eject same blood volume with each heartbeat.

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