Describe the parts of the electrocardiogram (ECG) and explain how these electrical events are related to the mechanical events of the cardiac cycle.

Describe cardiac output, including the factors involved in its regulation.

Describe the relationship between blood pressure and the total cross-sectional area of arteries, arterioles, and capillaries. Describe how arterioles influence blood flow through capillaries and arterial blood pressure.

Describe in detail cardiac output, stroke volume, and peripheral resistance

Describe one cardiac cycle, beginning with both atriaand ventricles relaxed

Describe the process of auto-regulation as related to blood flow through capillary beds

An individual presents with cardiac tamponade.  Their heart would be the most efficient in pumping out blood during which of the following?

Describe how the volume of blood returning to the heart and entering the ventricles affects cardiac output.

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Explain how the blood volume in the left ventricle changes throughout the cardiac cycle in response to changes in left atrial pressure, left ventricular pressure, and aortic pressure. Start with the relaxation of the ventricle at the beginning of diastole.