LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The phases of the cardiac cycle.

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A cardiac cycle includes all the events within the heart from the start of one heartbeat to the initiation of the next. During a single cardiac cycle, all chambers within the heart experience alternate periods of contraction and relaxation. The contraction of a heart chamber is called systole. The relaxation phase of a heart chamber is called diastole.

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