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The duration of atrial systole is:

A
0.80 second
B
0.57 second
C
0.11 second
D
0.44 second
High-Yield Explanation
When the heart beats at a normal rate of 72/minute, duration of each cardiac cycle is about 0.8 second.  ATRIAL EVENTS  Atrial events are divided into two divisions:  Atrial systole = 0.11 (0.1) sec. Atrial diastole = 0.69 (0.7) sec.  VENTRICULAR EVENTS  Ventricular events are divided into two divisions:  Ventricular systole = 0.27 (0.3) sec  Ventricular diastole = 0.53 (0.5) sec.  In clinical practice, the term 'systole' refers to ventricular systole and 'diastole' refers to ventricular diastole. Ventricular systole is divided into two subdivisions and ventricular diastole is divided into five subdivisions.

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