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A&P 19.8 Cardiac Cycle

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What is the Cardiac cycle?   All events in heart from the start of one heart beat to the start of the next  
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What does the Cardiac Cycle include?   Systole (contraction) and Diastole (relaxation)  
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When does pressure increase?   During contractions, and decreases during relaxation  
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In what direction does blood move down?   its pressure gradient (high to low)  
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What do valves do?   Ensure that blood flow is forward (closure prevents backflow)  
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What RAISES ventricular pressure?   Ventricular contraction  
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What happens to the valves during ventricular contraction?   AV valves pushed closed; Semilunar valves pushed open and blood ejected to artery  
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What LOWERS ventricular pressure?   Ventricular relaxation  
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What happens to the valves during ventricular relaxation?   Semilunar valves are closed (b/c no pressure from below keeping them open) and AV valves are open (b/c no pressure pushing them closed)  
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What are the events of atrial contraction and ventricular filling?   SA node starts atrial excitation/contraction pushing blood into ventricles to be filled to end-diastolic volume (EDV). Atria relax for remainder of cardiac cycle  
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What happens in Isovolumetric contraction?   Purkinje fibers initiate ventricular excitation/contractions so pressure rises and AV valves are pushed closed. Ventricular pressure is still less than atrial trunk pressure, so semilunar valves are still closed.  
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Why does the ventricles continue to contract during ventricular ejection?   So that ventricular pressure rises above arterial pressure  
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When are the semilunar valves forced open?   As blood moves from ventricles to aterial trunks  
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What is stroke volume (SV)?   Amount of blood ejected by ventricule  
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What is "incorrect" def of End systolic Volume (ESV)?   Amount of blood remaining in ventricle after contraction finishes.  
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What is the equation for ESV?   EDV - SV ; Ex: 60 mL = 130 mL - 70 mL  
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What is the definition of isovolumetric?   The time when all valves are closed , blood neither enters nor leaves  
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What are the AV valves doing during isovolumetric relaxation?   AV valves remain closed  
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What does the atrial blood pressure do during atrial relaxation and ventricular filling?   forces AV valves open and blood flows into ventricles  
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What do the semilunar valves do during atrial relaxation and ventricular filling?   Remain closed since arterial pressure is greater than ventricular pressure  
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