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What is the name for Blood pressure recorded during ventricular diastole?
diastole
Recoil of muscular arteries maintains blood flow during ventricular diastole?
yes
When the heart contracts it is called diastole and what increases?
During a diastole, the blood pressure momentarily increases.
Is diastole the highest pressure in the arteries?
No, diastole is the period when a particular chamber of the heart relaxes. the highest pressure period is during systole.
What term is used for arterial pressure during ventricular diastole?
diastolic blood pressure
What smooths the flow of blood leaving the ventricle?
The elastic layer of the arteries maintains blood pressure by stretching at each systole and recoiling at each diastole. This helps to smooth pressure surges.
What occurs when ventricular diastole takes place?
Ventricle diastole is the period during which the ventricles are relaxing. During ventricular diastole, the pressure in the (left and right) ventricles drops from the peak that it reaches in systole. When the pressure in the left ventricle drops to below the pressure in the left atrium, the mitral(bicuspid) valve opens, causing accumulated blood from the atrium to flow into the ventricles.
What is the medical term definition of diastole?
Diastole is the lowest blood pressure measured in the peripheral arterial supply.
Why is blood pressure highest just after a ventricular systole and lowest during ventricular diastole?
Systole is the phase during which the heart contracts resulting in the movement of blood to the peripheral parts of the body. The contractile force causes increase in the pressure of the arteries, greater than the diastole which makes it possible for the blood to reach the body.
Do coronary arteries get their blood supply during systole or diastole?
Diastole. The origin of the coronary arteries are blocked by the semi-lunar leaflets of the aortic valve during systole.
When is the Blood pressure greatest in the arteries?
Blood pressure in the arteries is greatest during systole. Systole is the period of heart contraction, while diastole is the period of heart relaxation.
When does the ventricular pressure drop the fastest?
early diastole
