Cardiac Cycle Worksheet 1. The cardiac cycle consists of the series of events in the heart through 2. When the ventricles of the heart contract, this is called, 3. 4. 5. Blood pressure is higher during. 6. Systolic BP should be below, 7. High blood pressure is called 8. Name 5 of the 10 hypertension risk factors. 1. N 2. 3. 4. is when the ventricles relax and fill with blood. 5. is the measure of blood pumped on the walls of the arteries. and lower during and diastolic pressure should be below You can only not have perm