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If someone’s heart beats at 70 beats per minute and with each contraction of the ventricle 70 mL of blood is ejected from the ventricles, what is the person’s stroke volume?​

The ballooning out of an artery and thinning of the artery wall is called a(n) ____________________.​

Cardiac muscle tissue, or _____, makes up the major portion of the heart.​

Deoxygenated venous blood leaves the liver through the _____, which carries it to the inferior vena cava.​

Another term used to describe high blood pressure is ____________________.​

The blood vessels that bring deoxygenated blood back to the heart are called the _____.​

Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot in a blood vessel.​

A device that shocks the heart to return it to a normal rhythm is called a(n) ____________________.​

What invasive medical device may be removed before or after embalming, yet may need additional care due to the exposure of the stoma? 

What condition usually requires reaspiration?