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How does blood pressure in the aorta change as the heart goes through a cardiac cycle

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Blood pressure changes from maximum to minimum in the aorta during cardiac cycle.

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The cardiac cycle is the performance of the human heart from the ending of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next. This cycle has two periods: diastole (the heart muscle relaxes and refills with blood) that is followed by systole (robust contraction and pumping of blood). Blood pressure is different in the systolic and diastolic periods. The systolic blood pressure is the maximum pressure experienced in the aorta as heart contracts and ejects blood into the aorta from the left ventricle. The diastolic blood pressure is the minimum pressure experienced in the aorta as the heart relaxes before ejecting blood into the aorta from the left ventricle.

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