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Q.Right ventricular wall is thinner than the left ventricular wall. Why?

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Step 1. Compare the two circuits each ventricle serves. The right ventricle pumps deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary circuit - a short journey to the nearby lungs and back - while the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic circuit, which must reach every tissue in the entire body, from the brain to the toes.

Step 2. Compare the pressure each circuit needs. Because the pulmonary capillaries must stay extremely thin-walled for efficient gas exchange, the pulmonary circuit deliberately operates at low pressure (high pressure here would rupture the delicate lung capillaries and flood the lungs with fluid); the systemic circuit, needing to push blood through a much longer and more resistive network of vessels, operates at substantially higher pressure. …

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