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Explain the cardiac cycle.

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The sequence of events occurring from the beginning to the completion of one heart beat is called cardiac cycle. During cardiac cycle blood flows through the chambers of the heart in a specific direction. Each cardiac cycle lasts about 0.8 second. The events during a single cardiac cycle involves
(i) Atrial systole: Contraction of auricles (0.1 sec)
(ii) Ventricular systole: Contraction of ventricles (0.3 sec)
(iii) Ventricular diastole: Relaxation of ventricles (0.4 sec)
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