According to the Text, Why Is the Wall of the Left

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Multiple Choice

According to the text, why is the wall of the left ventricle thicker than the wall of the right ventricle

• A)The left ventricle must pump much more blood than the right ventricle, so it must have stronger walls.
• B)The right ventricle must pump much more blood than the left ventricle, so it has a larger chamber to accommodate the blood and a correspondingly thinner wall.
• C)The left ventricle must pump the same amount of blood into the high-resistance, high-pressure systemic system as does the right ventricle into the low-resistance, low-pressure pulmonary system.
• D)The right ventricle must create higher tension within its walls.

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