According to the Frank-Starling Principle, a More Powerful Contraction Results

question 108

Multiple Choice

According to the Frank-Starling principle, a more powerful contraction results in

• A) decreased stroke volume.
• B) increased stroke volume.
• C) no change in stroke volume.
• D) decreased cardiac output.
• E) a slower heart rate.

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Anal Stage

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the second stage of psychosexual development, occurring from about age 2 to 3, where the focus of pleasure is the anus.

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