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The function of the heart valves is to
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control the direction of blood flow
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The openings of the coronary arteries are located in the
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Aorta above the aortic valve
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The cardiac cycle is used to describe:
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the different phases of cardia filling and ejection of blood
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During the isovolumetrid contraction period of the cardiac cycle:
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both the atrioventricular and pulmonic and aortic valves are closed
there is an abrupt rise in ventricular pressure blood continues to enter the atria |
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The isovolumetric contraction period would be expected to increase in people with:
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impaired cardiac contractility
valvular stenosis hypertension |
