Afterload is

A. the extent to which ventricular walls are stretched.
B. the amount cardiac output must increase during exercise.
C. the arterial pressure that the ventricles must overcome to eject blood.
D. the name given to an increase in end-diastolic volume.
E. another name for venous return.


Answer: C

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