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Why is the left ventricular wall of the heart is thicker than the right ventricular wall?

A

To accommodate a greater volume of blood

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To expand the thoracic cage during diastole

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To pump blood with greater pressure

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To pump blood through a smaller valve

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Solution

The correct option is C
To pump blood with greater pressure

The left ventricle has thicker walls than the right because it needs to pump blood to the rest of the body while the right ventricle pumps blood only to the lungs.

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Why is the left ventricular wall of the heart thicker than the right ventricular wall?

Q. Choose the correct sequence of events in the cardiac cycle:
I. Ventricular systole
II. Blood reaches ventricles
III. A-V valves closes
IV. Atrial systole
V. Semilunar valve closes
VI. Blood goes to major arteries
VII. Semilunar valve opens
VII. Ventricular diastole

Q. Read the following statements and select the correct option.
A. Damage to chordae tendinae of semilunar valves in aorta causes back flow of blood in left ventricle.
B. Closure of atrio-ventricular valves during ventricular systole generates first heart sound.

Q. Read the following statements and select the correct option.
A. Damage to chordae tending of semilunar valves in aorta causes back flow of blood in left ventricle.
B. Closure of atrio-ventricular valves during ventricular systole generates first heart sound

Q. Assertion: Walls of the ventricles are generally thicker than that of the atria.
Reason: Ventricles pump blood to different organs with high pressure.

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