Afterload Is BEST Defined by Which of the Following Statements

question 28

Multiple Choice

Afterload is BEST defined by which of the following statements?

• A)A reflection of the pressure against which the heart has to contract
• B)The amount of load (stretch)on the myocardial wall prior to contraction
• C)The maximum amount of blood that can be filled in the ventricles
• D)The pressure within the arterial system during the diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle

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Definitions:

Semen

The male reproductive fluid containing spermatozoa and secretions from the seminal vesicles, prostate, and other glands, facilitating fertilization.

Accessory Glands

Glands that support the functioning of primary organs, especially in the reproductive system, such as seminal vesicles and prostate gland in males, and Bartholin's glands in females.

Erectile Tissue

Spongy tissue that can fill with blood to make an organ stiff and erect, found in parts of the body such as the penis and clitoris.

Prepuce

In males, the free fold of skin that more or less completely covers the glans penis; the foreskin. In females, the external fold of the labia minora that covers the clitoris.