In
physiology
Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical ...
, diastasis is the middle stage of
diastole
Diastole ( ) is the relaxed phase of the cardiac cycle when the chambers of the heart are re-filling with blood. The contrasting phase is systole when the heart chambers are contracting. Atrial diastole is the relaxing of the atria, and ventric ...
during the cycle of a
heartbeat, where the initial passive filling of the heart's ventricles has slowed, but before the atria contract to complete the active filling.
Diastasis is the longest phase of cardiac cycle.
See also
* Compare
diastasis (pathology) In pathology, diastasis is the separation of parts of the body that are normally joined, such as the separation of certain abdominal muscles during pregnancy, or of adjacent bones without fracture.
See also
* Diastasis recti
* Diastasis symphysis p ...
References
Medical terminology
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