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-the amount of blood pumped out of the heart during one contraction

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Stroke volume is the amount of blood pumped out of the heart during one contraction.

Answer: A
 Cardiac output is the amount of blood pumped out of the heart per minute and is calculated by multiplying stroke volume by heart rate.

Answer: B
 Heart rate is the number of times the heart beats per minute.

Answer: C
 End-diastolic volume is the amount of blood in the ventricles at the end of diastole (when the ventricles are relaxed and filling with blood).

Answer: E
 End-systolic volume is the amount of blood remaining in the ventricles at the end of systole (when the ventricles are contracting and ejecting blood).

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