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What is the purpose of afterload?
What is the purpose of afterload?
- To increase the pressure in the aorta
- To decrease the pressure in the ventricles
- To increase the force of contraction
- To decrease the force of contraction (correct)
What is Starling's law?
What is Starling's law?
- The greater the stretch of the heart muscles, the less forceful the contraction
- The greater the stretch of the heart muscles, the more forceful the contraction (correct)
- The less the stretch of the heart muscles, the more forceful the contraction
- The less the stretch of the heart muscles, the less forceful the contraction
