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The "beat" of your heart is the contraction of the right and left ventricles.
The right atrium passes blood from the body into the right ventricle -- when the ventricle contracts, it forces shut the valve leading back to the atrium, and the blood is pushed into the pulmonary arteries that lead to the lungs.
The blood returns from the lungs to the left atrium, and flows into the left ventricle. When the left ventricle contracts, the blood is pushed out of the ventricle into the aorta, the body's main artery, to be carried through the arterial system to the various parts of the body.
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What makes ventricles contract?
Purkinje Fibers actually makes the ventricles contract.
What happen after depolarization of the ventricles?
The ventricles contract.
What happens if the papillary muscles fail to contract?
If the papillary muscles fail to contract the valves will prolapse. The papillary muscles are located in the ventricles and contract to prevent prolapse.
When atria relax ventricles do what?
When relaxed, the atria expand, and then the ventricles contract.
Do the ventricles contract at the apex or at the base of the heart?
Not really sure what you mean by the base, the ventricles contract from the Apex (which is at the bottom) upwards.
Why is it an advantage for the ventricles to contract from the bottom?
The pulmonary artery and the aorta lead upward and away from the ventricles. Since the ventricles contract from the bottom, blood is more efficiently pushed out of the heart.
Do atria contract before the ventricles?
Yes, atria contracts before the ventricles.
When doe the ventricles contract?
Systole
What happens to A-V valves during ventricular contraction?
As the ventricles of the heart contract the pressure in the ventricles rises beyond that of the atria. This pressure differential causes the AV valves to shut.
What does the atrioventricular node cause to contract?
The atrioventricular (AV) node causes the ventricles of the heart to contract. It serves as a critical relay point in the electrical conduction system, receiving impulses from the sinoatrial (SA) node and delaying them briefly before transmitting them to the ventricles via the bundle of His. This delay allows the atria to fully contract and empty their blood into the ventricles before the ventricles contract.
Where is blood pumped when ventricles contract?
Into the heart
When the ventricles get very full it does what strongly?
contract
