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Systole
Systole
is the phased contraction of the chambers of the
heart
(especially the
auricles[?]
and
ventricles[?]
) to drive blood forward into the
aorta
,
pulmonary artery[?]
and to the rest of the body. This is the opposite of
diastole[?]
.
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