Physical Education A-Level
Heart rate changes during exercise and recovery
What Heart rate changes during exercise and recovery means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Heart rate, stroke volume and cardiac output increase during exercise, then recovery brings parasympathetic dominance and heart rate falls.
Topics that use Heart rate changes during exercise and recovery
- 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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