KROK 1 2012 – Question 29 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
Blood minute volume of a 30 year old woman at rest is 5 l/m. What blood volume is pumped through the pulmonary vessels per minute?
- A. 1,5 l
- B. 2,0 l
- C. 2,5 l
- D. 3,75 l
- E. 5 l
Hint
Consider how the two halves of the heart are arranged relative to each other in the circulation, and what that implies for the output of each per minute.
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