Systole Definition

sĭstə-lē
noun
The usual rhythmic contraction of the heart, esp. of the ventricles, following each dilatation (diastole), during which the blood is driven onward from the chambers.
Webster's New World
(prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Systole

Noun

Singular:
systole
Plural:
systoles

Origin of Systole

  • From New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolÄ“), from συστέλλειν (sustellein, “to contract"), from σύν (sun, “together") + στέλλειν (stellein, “send").

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek sustolē contraction from sustellein to contract systaltic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Systole Sentence Examples

  • The " lub " sound is caused by the closure of the AV valves at the beginning of atrial systole.

  • The first sound is the simultaneous closure of the A/V valves, which is at the start of the ventricular systole.

  • A high velocity jet from the feeding artery enters the aneurysm sac during systole.

  • The systole is not altered in length, but the diastole is very much prolonged, and since this is the period not only of cardiac rest but also of cardiac "feeding" - the coronary vessels being compressed and occluded during systole - the result is greatly to benefit the nutrition of the cardiac muscle.

  • The individual muscle-fibres contract and expand more perfectly, and thus the diastole and systole of the heart are rendered more complete, the pulse is slowed, and the blood-pressure is raised.

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