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When the ventricles contract, the right ventricle pushes blood up through the pulmonary semilunar valve into the pulmonary arteries via the pulmonary trunk, and the left ventricle pushes blood up through the aortic semilunar valve into the Aorta.

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What is meant by systole and diastole?

The ventricles of heart have two states: systole(contraction) and diastole (relaxation). During diastole blood fills the ventricles and during systole the blood is pushed out of the heart into the arteries. The auricles contract anti-phase to the ventricles and chiefly serve to optimally fill the ventricles with blood.http://www.answers.com/systole


What is the name of the waves that are related to the contraction of the ventricles of the heart?

The heart has two contraction cycles, one is the systole and the other one is the diasole. Both are fired by one impulse from the Cranial Nerve X. The delay required for the ventricles to contract are a result of the atrrioventricular node that pauses the impule until the ventricles are filled with blood.


Describe how heart contraction and relaxation influence coronary blood flow?

When relaxation or diastole is occurring in the atria blood flows through the atria and the AV valves into the ventricles. When contraction or systole is occurring in the atria the remaining blood that doesn't flow through during relaxation is pushed into the ventricles. As the atria relax, the ventricles begin contracting; ventricular pressure rises, closing the AV valves. Ventricular pressure continues rising until it exceeds the pressure in the large arteries stemming from the ventricles. The SL valves are forced open and blood is expelled from the ventricles into the aorta and pulmonary trunk. During this phase the ventricles relax because the blood is no longer compressed in their chambers. Blood expelled into the aorta and pulmonary trunk backflows toward the heart, which then closes the SL valves. During the ventricle contraction the atria stays in relaxation, filling with blood and when blood pressure on the atrial side of the AV valves exceeds that in the ventricles, the AV valves are forced open and ventricular filling begin all over again.


What is true about heart valves?

They enforce a one-way blood flow through the heart, operate passively (no active contraction required), and separate atria from ventricles, and ventricles from the large arteries that leave them


What is miocardia?

Miocardia is the decreasing heart volume during systolic contraction. The rhythmic contraction of the heart, especially the ventricles, via which the blood is returned/ pushed through the aorta and pulmonary artery after each diostole.

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Why do the AV valves close in response to the contraction of the ventricles?

The AV valves close in response to the contraction of the ventricles to prevent the backflow of blood from the ventricles into the atria, ensuring that blood flows in the correct direction through the heart and body.


What drives the flow of blood away from the heart?

Contraction of the ventricles


What is the function of the bundle of HIS?

The bundle of HIS is responsible for conducting electrical signals from the atria to the ventricles in the heart. This pathway allows for coordinated contraction of the heart chambers, ensuring efficient blood pumping.


When is blood ejected from the ventricles?

during the systole phase of the heart contraction.


Why do heartbeats occur?

Heart has to beat periodically. Atrial chambers of your heart receive blood from your body and lungs. This is pushed to your ventricles by contraction of the atrial chambers, leading to formation of beats. The ventricles also have to pump blood to your lungs and body by contraction of the ventricles. You need time to fill the ventricles and you need to contract the ventricles. This leads to formation of heart beats. Continuous flow, with out beats is not possible here. Although the blood flows continuously. Because, when the ventricles relax, the arterial system, contracts.


What are the two main phases of a heartbeat?

There is the contraction of the atria and the contraction of the ventricles. When the atria contract, the AV valves are open, allowing the blood to fall into the ventricles. The AV valves then close, and the ventricles contract, pumping the blood out into the arteries.


Why is ventricular contraction wave larger?

You need more force to pump the blood to the lungs or the body than you do just to pump it to the next chamber. The atria pump to the ventricles. Easy. The ventricles need to pump the blood to the lungs (right ventricle) or the body (left ventricle) which calls for more pressure, hence a larger contraction wave.


How do diastolic and systolic phases of the heart differ?

Diastole is the relaxation of the cardiac muscles after having contracted and pumped out the blood into the arteries.Systole is the contraction of the ventricles of the heart which pushes the blood out of the heart.


What is the phase of ventricular contraction called?

It is called systole. This is when the ventricles contract and eject blood into the lungs (from the right ventricle) or into the systemic circulation (from left ventricle).


What do the atria do at the same time?

The atria contract simultaneously to push blood into the ventricles. This coordinated contraction ensures efficient filling of the ventricles with blood before they contract to pump blood out to the rest of the body.


What is meant by systole and diastole?

The ventricles of heart have two states: systole(contraction) and diastole (relaxation). During diastole blood fills the ventricles and during systole the blood is pushed out of the heart into the arteries. The auricles contract anti-phase to the ventricles and chiefly serve to optimally fill the ventricles with blood.http://www.answers.com/systole


What are the three distinct stages of Cardiac Cycle?

The three distinct stages of the Cardiac Cycle are diastole, isovolumetric contraction, and systole. During diastole, the heart relaxes and fills with blood. In isovolumetric contraction, the ventricles start to contract but there is no change in volume. Systole is when the ventricles fully contract to pump blood out of the heart.