Physical Education GCSE
Heart rate and breathing responses
What Heart rate and breathing responses means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Heart rate and breathing responses
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During a 400 m sprint the performer's heart rate climbs because the working muscles need more oxygenated blood, and breathing becomes faster and deeper.
Topics that use Heart rate and breathing responses
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- cardiac output
- Collecting data on short-term effects
- minute ventilation
- Short-term effects of exercise
- stroke volume
- tidal volume
- Application to physical activity
- Linking evidence to body responses
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