Human Biology Custom Edition
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ISBN: 9781337631532
Author: Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 9SQ
_____ contraction drives blood through the systemic and pulmonary circuits; outside the heart, blood pressure is highest in the _____.
- a. Atrial; ventricles
- b. Atrial; atria
- c. Ventricular; arteries
- d. Ventricular; aorta
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