Consistent with the water pump analogy of the cardiovascular system, the peak of the wave of blood flow corresponds with

A) the point in the cardiac cycle called the systole.
B) the peripheral resistance found in the right ventricle.
C) cardiac output.
D) the point in the cardiac cycle called the diastole.
E) the contraction of the right ventricle.

Cardiac Cycle

The sequence of events in the heart from the beginning of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next, including systole and diastole, and blood flow.

Systole

The phase of the cardiac cycle during which the heart muscles contract and pump blood from the chambers into the arteries.

Diastole

The phase of the heart cycle during which the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood.