Cardiovascular System: Cardiac Output
Overview
Cardiac output is the amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle per minute. Factors such as heart rate and stroke volume (influenced by the autonomic nervous system), fitness levels, and pressures on the heart, affect cardiac output.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, students will be able to:
- define the key terminology related to cardiac output including stroke volume, and heart rate, EDV, and ESV.
- calculate cardiac output.
- name the factors that influence cardiac output.
Video Review
Watch the video: Short Topic: Cardiac Output for Anatomy and Physiology (3 minutes)
Chapter Attributions
This chapter by Elisabeth Kehrli and Anil Kapoor is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Media Attributions
Short Topic: Cardiac Output for Anatomy and Physiology by DrBruce Forciea is licensed under the Standard YouTube license.
Interactive Activity Attributions
The interactive activities in this chapter are from Interactive Activities for Human Anatomy and Physiology by Open Education Lab, Ontario Tech University, and are licensed under a CC BY NC SA 4.0 license.