The document discusses the cardiac cycle, which refers to the sequence of changes in pressure, volume, and flow that occur in the heart chambers between each heartbeat. It has a duration of 0.8 seconds. The cardiac cycle consists of systole and diastole. Systole includes the isovolumetric contraction phase lasting 0.05 seconds and the ejection period lasting 0.22 seconds. Diastole includes the protodiastole phase lasting 0.04 seconds, isovolumetric relaxation phase lasting 0.08 seconds, rapid filling phase lasting 0.11 seconds, and slow filling phase lasting 0.19 seconds. The document also discusses the correlation between the cardiac cycle and jugular venous pressure, ECG changes,