Chapter 4 Flashcards
Respiratory
Increased ventilation
Increased tidal volume
Increased respiratory rate
Increased diffusion
Cardiovascular
Increased heart rate Increased stroke volume Increased cardiac output Increased systolic blood pressure (diastolic stays the same) Increased venous return Decreased blood volume Increased a-VO2 difference Increased oxygen consumption
Muscular
Increased motor unit recruitment Increased blood flow to working muscles Increased body temperature Decreased energy substrate levels Increased lactate production
What are acute responses?
Short term changes the body needs to make to accommodate the energy required for the activity.
Respiratory system
Responsible for the delivery of oxygen and removal of carbon dioxide from the cells of the body. Oxygenates blood
Increased respiratory rate
Breathing rate.
Usually 12 breaths per minute at rest.
35-50 during exercise.
Increased tidal volume
The death of your breathing.
Increases from 0.5 l per breath at rest, to a max of 3-5l per breath.
Measured by a spirometer.
Increased ventilation
TVXRR=V.
Increased volume of oxygen in lungs to be diffused to blood to be transported to the working muscles.
V low-moderate exercise
TV and RR increase to increase V.
V sub maximal
V increases rapidly then slows to plateau. Takes 4-5 minutes
Maximal exercise
V increases until exercise is stopped. TV plateaus and further increases in V is needed to increase RR.
At higher intensities V is no longer proportional to oxygen consumption
Increased diffusion
Occurs in the alveoli of the lungs and the muscle capillaries.
During exercise diffusion increases to make more oxygen available and to get rid of more carbon dioxide
Diffusion in the lungs
Oxygen concentration is high, so oxygen diffuses from the alveoli into the bloodstream.
Carbon dioxide levels in the blood are high, so carbon dioxide moves from the blood into the alveoli via a diffusion path.
Diffusion at the muscles
Opposite occurs as blood oxygen leve,s are high and muscle oxygen levels are low.
Exercise- diffusion increased due to increase surface area of alveoli and muscle tissue.
Carbon dioxide by product of aerobic energy production that needs to be removed.
Carbon dioxide levels in the muscles is high, so carbon dioxide moves from the muscles into the blood stream.
Cardiovascular system
Comprised of the blood, heart and blood vessels.
During exercise the central nervous system needs to deliver feud and oxygen to the working muscles. Focuses on getting more blood to the working muscles and speeds up removal of carbon dioxide and waste products.
Increased heart rate
Increase of oxygenated blood flow to working muscles.
Heart rate has a max, calculated by: max HR =220-age.
Heart rate increases anticipation to exercise.
Increased stroke volume
Increases with exercise but only up to 40-60% of maximum intensity of exercise, then it plateaus.
Males generally have higher stroke volumes due to their increased heart size.
Untrained individual SV
Rest: 60-80 ml
Exercise: 80-110ml
Trained individual SV
Rest: 80-110ml
Exercise: 160-200ml
Increased cardiac output
Q=SVXHR
so that more blood can be ejected out of the heart per minute and therefore more oxygen can be delivered to the muscles.
Average adult at rest: 4-6l per min and at exercise 20-25l.
Trained athlete: can get up to 35-40l per minute
Increased venous return
More blood delivered back to the heart to reoxygenate
-muscle pump
-respiratory pump
-venoconstriction (constriction of veins)
Rate of venous return increases as intensity increases
Muscle pump
Contracts/squishes veins