pe ch 4 Flashcards
What are acute responses?
they are immediate responses to exercise.
what are the three systems that respond to exercise
- respiratory
- cardiovascular
- muscular
What are the respiratory responses to exercise
- increase ventilation
- increase tidal volume(plateaus at higher intensities)
- increase respiratory rate
- increase in diffusion
what is the aim of respiratory responses?
to get more oxygen in the body.
what is ventilation and how to we find its value?
Ventilation is the amount of air breathed in one minute
tidal volume x respiratory rate
What is respiratory rate?
respiratory rate is the number of breaths taken in one minute.
What is tidal volume?
tidal volume is the amount of air taken in one breath.
what happens to tidal volume as intensity increases?
tidal volume will plateau.
What are the cardio vascular responses to exercise?
- increase in HR
- increase in stroke volume
- increase in cardiac output
- increase in systolic blood pressure (greater with high intensity)
- no change in diastolic blood pressure
- increase in venous return
- decrease in blood volume
- increase in a-VO2 difference
what is diffusion?
Diffusion is the exchange if gas between alveoli to the capillaries in the lungs or vise versa.
what is stroke volume(SV)
SV is the amount of blood ejected by the heart each beat
roughly around 70 ml at rest
what happens to SV at submaximal exercise, and why?
it will then decrease because HR is so fast it does not have enough time to fill and eject blood.
What is the formula for cardiac output?
HR x SV- the amount of blood ejected by the heart per minute.
what is systolic and diastolic blood pressure?
systolic- pressure in the arteries as the heart beats
diastolic- pressure in the arteries as the heart relaxes
why does blood volume decrease with exercise?
This is because of the loss of plasma content via sweat, thus the rate of loss is dependent on the hydration of the individual