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Blood Pressure

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diastole   to expand; period in the cardiac cycle when blood enters the relaxed ventricles from the atria  
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systole   to contract; period in the cardiac cycle whien the heart is in contraction and blood is ejected through the aorta and pulmonary artery  
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normotension   normal blood pressure  
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hypotension   low blood pressure  
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hypertension   high blood pressure  
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cardiac conduction   SA node -->AV node -->bundle of His-->bundle branches-->purkinje fibers  
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sinoatrial node   the pacemaker, in the wall of right atrium, initiates electrical conduction of the heartbeat, causes atria to contract  
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atrioventricular node   in center of heart, receives and amplifies condution from SA node to bundle of his  
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bundle of His   goes from AV node to right and left bundle branches  
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purkinje fibers   transmit impulses to the right and left ventricles causing them to contract  
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polarization   resting, resting state of myocardial cell  
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depolarization   change of a myocardial cell from polarized to a state of contraction  
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repolarization   recharging of the myocardial cell from a contracted state back to resting  
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normal sinus rhythm (NSR)   regular rhythm of the heart cycle stimulated by the SA node (60-100 bpm)  
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