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starling's law of the heart

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Main Entry: Starling's law of the heart
Function: noun
: a statement in physiology: the strength of the heart's systolic contraction is directly proportional to itsdiastolic expansion with the result that under normal physiological conditions the heart pumps out of the right atrium all the blood returned to it without letting any back up in the veins called alsoFrank-Starling law, Frank-Starling law of the heart, Starling's law
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