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Title: What does the term afterload mean?
Post by: gaoxing01 on Jan 26, 2018
What does the term afterload mean?
 
  a. The amount of blood entering the left ventricle that must be pumped out of the heart
  b. The peripheral resistance of the arterial system, including mean arterial pressure
  c. The ability of the living muscle fibers of the heart to contract and pump blood
  d. The percentage of blood pumped out of the heart with each heartbeat


Title: What does the term afterload mean?
Post by: stevie0912 on Jan 26, 2018
ANS: B