Definition of rector for English Language Learners. : 1  a priest or minister who is in charge of a church or parish. : 2  a person who is in charge of a university or school.
Cardiac Cycle. in Physiology. Cardiac events appearing from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of next heart beat and repeating themselves successively. â¢ Cardiac cycle time (H.Rate = 75/min) : 0.8 sec. Systole: 0.27 sec. Diastole: 0.53 sec.
The cardiac cycle refers to a complete heartbeat from its generation to the beginning of the next beat, and so includes the diastole, the systole, and the intervening pause. The frequency of the cardiac cycle is described by the heart rate, which is typically expressed as beats per minute.Each beat of the heart involves five major stages. The first two stages, often considered together as the ventricular filling stage, involve the movement of blood from the atria into the ventricles.uring the fifth stage,  isovolumic relaxation time , pressure decreases, no blood enters the ventricles, the ventricles stop contracting and begin to relax, and the semilunar valves close due to the pressure of blood in the aorta. Throughout the cardiac cycle, blood pressure increases and decreases.