Cardiac Cycle Flashcards
1
Q
What is diastole
A
Relaxation phase of the heart
2
Q
What is systole
A
The contraction phase of the heart
3
Q
What happens in phase 1 of the cardiac cycle
A
The atria is in diastole and ventricles are at the end of systole
4
Q
Whats is phase 2 of the cardiac cycle
A
The atria is in systole and the ventricles are in diastole
5
Q
What is phase 3 of the cardiac cycle?
How does it link back to phase 1
A
- The atria is in diastole and the ventricles are in systole
The atria begins to fill up and the ventricles are in the process of emptying
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