Baroreceptors
What Baroreceptors means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Receptors in blood vessel walls that detect changes in blood pressure and contribute to cardiovascular and respiratory adjustment.
Sensory receptors that monitor stretch of blood vessel walls, which reflects blood pressure.
Detect stretch of blood vessel walls and therefore changes in blood pressure.
Topics that use Baroreceptors
- Cardiovascular system (AQA A-Level)
- Respiratory system (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Chemoreceptors
- Partial pressure gradient
- Proprioceptors
- Affinity for oxygen
- Airway narrowing
- Alveolar and muscle exchange
- Antagonistic action of the two divisions
- Anticipatory rise
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