The Cardiac Cycle
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During which stage of the cardiac cycle do the ventricles fill with blood?

  • Isovolumetric contraction
  • Isovolumetric relaxation
  • Filling phase (correct)
  • Outflow phase
  • What occurs at the end of diastole?

  • The ventricles contract
  • The atria contract (correct)
  • The ventricles relax
  • The atrioventricular valves open
  • What is the result of isovolumetric contraction?

  • Blood flows from the ventricles into the aorta
  • The atrioventricular valves open
  • Blood flows from the ventricles into the atria
  • The pressure within the ventricles increases (correct)
  • During which stage of the cardiac cycle do the ventricles relax?

    <p>Isovolumetric relaxation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to the atrioventricular valves at the end of diastole?

    <p>They close</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the duration of isovolumetric contraction?

    <p>50ms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to the ventricles' pressure during filling phase?

    <p>It increases steadily</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of atrial systole?

    <p>To add a small amount of extra blood into the ventricles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During which phase does the blood flow from the ventricles into the aorta and pulmonary trunk?

    <p>Outflow phase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is another name for the outflow phase?

    <p>Systole</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    The Cardiac Cycle

    • The cardiac cycle consists of four stages: filling phase, isovolumetric contraction, outflow phase, and isovolumetric relaxation.

    Filling Phase

    • The ventricles fill with blood in two stages: diastole (heart relaxation) and atrial systole (contraction of the atria).
    • During diastole, both atria and ventricles are relaxed, and blood flows from vena cava and pulmonary veins into the atria, then directly into the ventricles.
    • The ventricles fill with blood at a steadily decreasing rate until the ventricles' pressure is equal to that in the veins.
    • At the end of diastole, the atria contract, squirting a small amount of extra blood into the ventricles, increasing the ventricles' pressure.

    Isovolumetric Contraction

    • Contraction begins with both sets of valves closed, increasing pressure within the ventricles, ready to eject blood into the aorta and pulmonary trunk.
    • This stage lasts for approximately 50ms, during which the pressure builds up.

    Outflow Phase

    • Once the ventricles' pressure exceeds the pressure in the aorta/pulmonary trunk, the outflow valves (aortic/pulmonary) open, and blood is pumped from the heart into the great arteries.
    • The outflow phase lasts for around 330ms.
    • At the end of systole, the ventricles begin to relax, decreasing ventricular pressure compared to the aorta, causing the outflow valves to close.

    Isovolumetric Relaxation

    • At the end of the outflow phase, both sets of valves are closed, and the ventricles begin to relax, reducing the pressure in the ventricles so that the atrioventricular valves open.
    • The ventricles then begin to fill with blood, and the cycle begins again.

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    Learn about the four stages of the cardiac cycle, including the filling phase, isovolumetric contraction, outflow phase, and isovolumetric relaxation.

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