Physical Education A-Level
Thermoregulation and cardiac output maintenance
What Thermoregulation and cardiac output maintenance means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Thermoregulation and cardiac output maintenance
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The drift reflects thermoregulatory and fluid-balance challenges, with cardiac output maintained because heart rate increases as stroke volume decreases.
Topics that use Thermoregulation and cardiac output maintenance
- 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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