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Control of heart rate

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What does CCC stand for?   Cardiac control centre  
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Where is the CCC?   In medulla in brain  
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What are the two parts to the autonomic nervous system?   Sympathetic and parasympathetic  
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What part of the autonomic nervous system sends signals to decrease heart rate?   Parasympathetic via the vagus nerve  
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What part of the autonomic nervous system sends signals to increase heart rate?   Sympathetic via the accelerator nerves  
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Name three neural factors that inform the CCC when heart rate needs to in/decrease   Baroreceptors / Proprioceptors / Chemoreceptors  
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What are intrinsic factors which affect heart rate?   Temperature increases HR increases / Venous return increase HR increases  
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Where are proprioceptors found and what do they detect?   In muscles and tendons / movement  
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What are Baroreceptors and where are they found?   Found in walls of vena cava and aorta and detect increase in blood flow and blood pressure (stretch receptors)  
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What do chemoreceptors detect?   increase in blood acidity  
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What are intrinsic factors which affect heart rate?   Temperature increases HR increases / Venous return increase HR increases  
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What do thermoreceptors detect?   Changes in temperature  
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What does adrenalin do?   • Increasing heart rate & strength of contraction • Constricting blood vessels • Increases blood glucose by stimulating the break down of glycogen  
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