BRAINCAKEPressure and Volume Changes
Blood is confined to blood vessels in a closed circulatory system.
This allows the pressure to be regulated.
During a typical cardiac cycle, pressure changes are associated with the contraction of the atria and ventricles and the opening and closing of valves.
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