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Question
How do you account for the following difference?
The left ventricle has thicker walls than the right ventricle.
Solution
The left ventricle pumps blood to the farthest points in the body such as the feet, the toes and
the brain against the gravity while the right ventricle pumps the blood only up to the lungs.
Therefore, the left ventricle has thicker walls than the right ventricle.
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