Definition of Diastole. Meaning of Diastole. Synonyms of Diastole

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Definition of Diastole

Diastole
Diastole Di*as"to*le, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to put asunder, to separate; dia` through + ? to set, to place.] 1. (Physiol.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction. 2. (Gram.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.

Meaning of Diastole from wikipedia

- Diastole (/daɪˈæstəli/ dy-AST-ə-lee) is the relaxed phase of the cardiac cycle when the chambers of the heart are refilling with blood. The contrasting...
- the heart contract after refilling with blood. Its contrasting phase is diastole, the relaxed phase of the cardiac cycle when the chambers of the heart...
- one during which the heart muscle relaxes and refills with blood, called diastole, following a period of robust contraction and pumping of blood, called...
- with pathologies and are not routinely heard. Ventricular systole Cardiac diastole ECG The EKG complex. P=P wave, PR=PR interval, QRS=QRS complex, QT=QT interval...
- as the chambers fill with blood is called diastole. Both the atria and ventricles undergo systole and diastole, and it is essential that these components...
- pressure rises during systole and recoil when the blood pressure falls during diastole. Since the rate of blood entering these elastic arteries exceeds that leaving...
- ventricle, which causes a decrease in left ventricular relaxation during diastole, with resultant increased pressure and/or impaired filling. There is an...
- flow from left ventricular relaxation in early diastole (the E wave) to peak velocity flow in late diastole caused by atrial contraction (the A wave). It...
- with heart failure. It occurs at the beginning of the middle third of diastole, approximately 0.12 to 0.18 seconds after S2. This produces a rhythm classically...
- allow blood to flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle during diastole, and to close to prevent backflow (regurgitation) from the right ventricle...