CV and Respiratory systems
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- Created on: 27-02-15 12:23
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- CV and respiratory systems
- Key terms
- Aerobic
- a process taking place in the presence of oxygen
- Anaerobic
- a process taking place in the absence of oxygen
- pulmonary
- linked to the lungs
- oxygen debt
- additional oxygen consumption during recovery, above that usually required when at rest
- sub-maximal
- refers to exercise performed at an intensity below an athletes maximal aerobic capacity, or max VO2- hence it represents aerobic work
- receptors
- sensory receptors that detect changes in the body. e.g. chemorecept-ors
- sensory nerves
- transmit information detected by receptors towards the central nervous system
- medulla oblongata
- part of the brain, responsible for regulating respiration, heart rate and blood vessels
- autonomic nervous system
- controls the body's involuntary internal functions
- motor nerves
- nerves from the central nervous system passing instructions to body parts
- Aerobic
- Key terms
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