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MED239 Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Contractility | Ability of Cardiac Muscle to Stretch & generate Force |
| Stroke Volume | Amount of blood pumped from the heart with each beat |
| Preload | Amount of blood in the (L) Ventricle at the end of the diastole |
| Afterload | Amount of pressure that the (L) Ventricle must overcame in the aorta |
| Cardiac Output | Amount of blood pumped from the heart in 1 minute |
| P Wave | Atrial Depolarization |
| QRS | Complex of Ventricular Depolarization |
| Q | Beginning of Ventricular Depolarization |
| R | Middle of Ventricular Depolarization |
| S | End of Ventricular Depolarization |
| T Wave | Ventricular Repolarization |
| U Wave | Represents activity in AV node |