Physical Education A-Level
Stroke volume and heart rate relationship
What Stroke volume and heart rate relationship means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Stroke volume decreases as venous return and ventricular filling decrease, while heart rate rises progressively to maintain cardiac output.
Topics that use Stroke volume and heart rate relationship
- 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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