Total Peripheral Resistance Is Related to All of the Following

question 73

Multiple Choice

Total peripheral resistance is related to all of the following except the

• A) length of a blood vessel.
• B) osmolarity of interstitial fluids.
• C) turbulence.
• D) blood viscosity.
• E) blood vessel diameter.

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