ANATOMY
CHEST AND CARDIOVASCULAR
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Question
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The amount of blood that is pumped with each beat is called the:
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Heart Rate
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Stroke Volume
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Cardiac Output
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Blood Pressure
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The definition of stroke volume is the volume of blood pumped out of the left ventricle of the heart during each systolic cardiac contraction.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cardiac output is the volume of blood being pumped by the heart in a minute. It is equal to the heart rate multiplied by the stroke volume. So if there are 70 beats per minute, and 70 ml blood is ejected with each beat of the heart, the cardiac output is 4900 ml/ minute.
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