What parameter is measured on the vertical axis of the ECG paper?

a. Time
b. Voltage
c. Cardiac contraction rate
d. Blood flow


ANS: B
ECG paper is made up of gridlike boxes that define time on the horizontal axis and voltage on the vertical axis.

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