The right ventricle expels blood through the _____ valve into the pulmonary trunk
a. mitral
b. aortic
c. pulmonic
d. tricuspid
C
The right ventricle expels the blood through the pulmonic valve into the pulmonary trunk. The pulmonary trunk divides into a right and left pulmonary artery, each of which carries blood to one lung (pulmonary circuit).
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