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Question
Write the differences between:
Systole and Diastole
Solution
| Systole | Diastole | |
| 1. | It is the contraction of the heart chambers to drive blood into the aorta and the pulmonary artery. | It is the relaxation of the heart chambers between two contractions. During diastole, the chambers are filled with blood. |
| 2. |
Systole decreases the volume of the heart chambers and forces the blood out of them. |
Diastole brings the heart chambers back into their original sizes to receive more blood. |
| 3. | Lymph is a colourless liquid in which special lymphocytes are found. It is also a conductor of important nutrients, hormones etc. Fat is absorbed in the lymphatic vessels present in the vacuole of the small intestine. | Blood is a fluid medium made up of plasma. It contains three types of blood cells: red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Blood cells are produced in the bone marrow. |
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