Physical Education A-Level
Cardiac output and oxygen uptake
What Cardiac output and oxygen uptake means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Cardiac output is the product of heart rate and stroke volume, and at rest it may be similar in trained and untrained individuals because a lower heart rate can offset a larger stroke volume.
Topics that use Cardiac output and oxygen uptake
- 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
- Cardiovascular adaptations to exercise
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