NEETZoologyBody Fluids and Circulation
How much blood does each ventricle pump out during a cardiac cycle?
Options
- A70 mL
- B5000 mL
- C72 times
- D0.8 seconds
Correct answer
A. 70 mL
Step-by-step solution
This sequential event in the heart which is cyclically repeated is called the cardiac cycle and it consists of systole and diastole of both the atria and ventricles . As mentioned earlier, the heart beats 72 times per minute, i.e., that many cardiac cycles are performed per minute. From this it could be deduced that the duration of a cardiac cycle is 0.8 seconds. During a cardiac cycle , each ventricle pumps out approximately 70 mL of blood which is called the stroke volume. The stroke volume multiplied by the hear