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Heart: Contraction, Conduction, and Electrocardiography

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Avian Physiology

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The sequence of events occurring in a complete heartbeat, a cardiac cycle, includes mechanical contraction of the atria and ventricles (systole) and relaxation of the heart muscle (diastole). This sequence is followed by filling of the ventricles (diastasis). Accompanying these events are changes in volume and pressure in the atria and ventricles.

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Sturkie, P.D. (1976). Heart: Contraction, Conduction, and Electrocardiography. In: Sturkie, P.D. (eds) Avian Physiology. Springer Advanced Texts in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96274-5_5

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