According to the Frank-Starling law

A. the greater the resistance from the arteries, the higher the blood pressure.
B. the faster the heart rate, the larger the stroke volume.
C. the more calcium available to the heart cell, the more forcefully it will contract.
D. as the volume of blood entering the heart increases, ventricular contractions become more forceful.


Answer: D

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