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Doctors and veterinarians are interested in a quantity called the “cardiac output” which is a measure of the rate of blood flow being pumped by the heart.

Students will construct a simple experiment, using a catheter, which can measure cardiac output.

Students will analyze and graph the data taken from previous two lessons.