Physical Education GCSE
Heart rate
What Heart rate means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Heart rate
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The number of times the heart beats per minute, usually written in beats per minute (bpm).
Topics that use Heart rate
Related terms
- Aerobic respiration
- Capillaries
- cardiac output
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- Heart chamber and valve structure
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- Oxygenation states of blood
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