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Stroke volume — Edexcel GCSE Biology Definition | GradeGen

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Stroke volume

GCSE Biology · key term

Stroke volume

Definition

The volume of blood pumped out of a ventricle during one heartbeat, usually measured in millilitres per beat.

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Edexcel GCSE Biology · 1BI0

Specification 8.12 · Paper 2

Stroke volume (SV) is the volume of blood pumped in each beat.
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