Increased blood pressure in arteries results from blood being forcefully ejected from the contracting ventricles into the arterial system during systole.
Increased blood pressure in arteries results from blood being forcefully ejected from the contracting ventricles into the arterial system during systole.
| Front | Describe how the increase in pressure of the blood in the artery results from the events in the cardiac cycle. ( 2 mark) |
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| Back | Caused by blood leaving the heart/entering artery; As a result of ventricles contracting/systole; |
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