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Mean circulatory filling pressure is

A
Difference between systemic and pulmonary aerial pressure
B
Difference between central venous pressure and central aerial pressure
C
Mean atrial pressure
D
Aerial pressure taken at the point when hea stops beating
High-Yield Explanation
When hea pumping is stopped by shocking the hea with electricity to cause ventricular fibrillation or is stopped in any other way, flow of blood anywhere in circulation ceases a few seconds later. Without blood flow the pressure everywhere in circulation become equal. This equilibrated pressure level is called mean circulatory filling pressureRef: Guyton and Hall, Textbook of medical physiology, 2ndSouth Asia Edition

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