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What is equivalent to the ventricular volume during isovolumetric contraction?
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The end diastolic volume (EDV)
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What happens to the volume of blood in the ventricle during the period of isovolumetric contraction?
Both ventricular contraction and atrial diastole take place.
Are all valves closed during isovolumetric contraction?
Yes
During which 2 periods of the cardiac cycle do the heart muscle fibers exhibit isometric contractions?
Isovolumetric contraction and Isovolumetric Relaxation
What heart valves are closed during systole?
In late diastole (relaxation phase), the semilunar (pocket) valves close, due to decreasing arterial pressure, to prevent blood flowing back into the ventricles. These stay closed during atrial systole. (But open again during ventricular systole.)Then, as the ventricles contract during ventricular systole, the bicuspid and tricuspid valves close to prevent blood from flowing back to the atria.So, it really depends on which phase of the contraction we are looking at.(Ed: format)
Isovolumetric contraction occurs during which phase of the ekg?
r wave, a part of the q-r-s complex.
What happend during isovolumetric contraction?
There are 3 phases in the cardiac cycle: 1) Ventricular filling: mid-to-late diastole; 2) Ventricular systole; and 3) Isovolumetric relaxation: early diastole. In phase two, ventricular systole, the atria relax and the ventricles begin contracting. Their walls close in on the blood in their chambers, and ventricular pressure rises closing the atriaventricular (AV) valve. Because, for a split second, the ventricles are completely closed chambers and blood volume in the chambers remain constant, it is called the isovolumetric contraction phase.Info gathered from Marieb's Human Anatomy and Physiology 8th edition: Chapter 18 Cardiovascular System
What is the use of the valves?
The atrioventricular valves are used to stop blood from flowing back into the atrium during ventricular ejection of blood during ventricular contraction.
Does the heart receive more arterial blood during ventricular contraction?
yes
During atrial systole 70 percent of ventricular filling occurs?
No. Most (~70%) of ventricular filling occurs passively, without atrial contraction.
The maximum pressure achieved during ventricular contraction is called what?
systolic pressure
The greatest force of the blood against the walls of the arteries during ventricular contraction is called?
That is the Systolic Pressure.
Where on the cardiac cycle does a synchronized shock land?
A synchronized cardioversion shock is delivered a few milliseconds after the R wave on the EKG. The R wave represents ventricular depolarization, which is followed by mechanical contraction of the ventricle. Therefore, it can be seen that a synchronized shock will occur during ventricular contraction, or during ventricular systole, to completely depolarize the myocardium and try to restore a normal rhythm.
