Mean arterial pressure can be increased by all of the following EXCEPT

A) increasing heart rate.
B) increasing sympathetic activity.
C) increasing blood volume.
D) decreasing end-diastolic volume.
E) increasing venous return


Ans: D) decreasing end-diastolic volume.

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