Part 5 · The Heart and Circulation
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Preload — the stretch on the heart muscle at the end of filling (roughly, how full the ventricle is). More filling → muscle fibres stretched to a better length → stronger contraction → bigger stroke volume. This is the Frank–Starling law: the heart pumps out what comes in.
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