Use Your Critical-Thinking Skills to Determine the Effects of the Beta-Adrenergic

question 27

Multiple Choice

Use your critical-thinking skills to determine the effects of the beta-adrenergic blocking drugs on the heart.

• A) Increase in heart rate, increase in the force of contractions, and increase in impulse conduction through the heart
• B) Decrease in heart rate, decrease in the force of contractions, and decrease in impulse conduction through the heart
• C) Decrease in heart rate, decrease in the force of contractions, and increase in impulse conduction through the heart
• D) Increase in heart rate, increase in the force of contractions, and decrease in impulse conduction through the heart

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