Venous return
What Venous return means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Assisted by the skeletal muscle pump, the respiratory pump and one-way valves in the veins, which prevent backflow.
The volume of blood flowing back to the heart through the veins per minute.
Topics that use Venous return
- 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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