Blood leaves the left ventricle through the _____ valve to the aorta and its branches and is distributed throughout the body
a. mitral
b. aortic
c. pulmonic
d. tricuspid
B
When the left ventricle contracts, freshly oxygenated blood flows through the aortic valve into the aorta and out to the body.
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