The Wall of the Left Ventricle Is Thicker Than the Right

question 50

Multiple Choice

The wall of the left ventricle is thicker than the right because

• A) the left ventricle does more work than the right ventricle.
• B) the left ventricle pumps against greater resistance than the right ventricle.
• C) the left ventricle produces a higher pressure than the right.
• D) all of the above
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Preoperational Stage

A developmental stage, identified by Jean Piaget, where children aged 2-7 years think symbolically but are not yet logical.

Formal Operational Stage

An advanced stage in cognitive development, according to Piaget, marked by the ability to think logically about abstract propositions and hypothetical situations.

Conservation

The cognitive ability to understand that quantities remain consistent even when their shape or appearance changes, typically developing in the concrete operational stage of cognitive development.

Conservation of Volume

A cognitive development concept stating that a substance's volume remains unchanged even when its appearance changes, understood by children during the concrete operational stage according to Piaget.