Physical Education A-Level
Cardiac control centre
What Cardiac control centre means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Cardiac control centre
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Located in the medulla oblongata, it regulates heart rate through the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
Topics that use Cardiac control centre
- Cardiovascular system (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Affinity for oxygen
- Antagonistic action of the two divisions
- Anticipatory rise
- Autonomic control of heart rate
- Baroreceptors
- Bohr shift during exercise
- Cardiac output
- Cardiac output and oxygen uptake
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