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Blood pressure
bp and definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aerobic capacity | ability to take in and use oxygen |
| Volume of oxygen | volume of oxygen used in a minute |
| Volume of oxygen (max) | volume of oxygen used in a minute during maximum exercise |
| How can AC, VO2 and VO2 increase | increase with fitness |
| cardiac output | volume of blood pumped per minute |
| cardiac output | stroke volume x heartbeats per minute |
| What happens when you are about to exercise | muscles contract, stretch receptors taut, cardiovascular centre increases heart rate |
| How is high blood pressure detected? | baroreceptors |
| Where are baroreceptors present? | walls of the carotid arterties and aorta |
| High bp | impulse sent to cardiac centre, heart rate slowed down using the Vagus nerve |
| How does heart rate increae | adrenelin secreted causing SAN to work faster |
| When is adrenalin secreted? | fear, excitement, anxiety, stress |