MICROANATOMY

BLOOD CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM LYMPHOID ORGANS

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The amount of blood pumped out of the heart during each contraction = ____
A
heart rate
B
stroke volume
C
cardiac output
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -(i) During a cardiac cycle each ventricle pumps out approximately 70mL of blood which is called the stroke volume.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Stroke volume is the difference between end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes; it is the volume ejected with each heart beat. The normal range is 50 to 100 ml.

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