With regard to the heart, ejection fraction is defined as the:

A. volume of blood that enters the lungs.
B. volume of blood ejected from both atria.
C. percentage of blood ejected from the heart.
D. percentage of blood


Ans: C. percentage of blood ejected from the heart.

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