Explaining the Effect of Physical Activity on Heart Rate: Extended (CIE IGCSE Biology)
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Explaining the Effect of Physical Activity on Heart Rate: Extended
- So that sufficient blood is taken to the working muscles to provide them with enough nutrients and oxygen for increased respiration
- An increase in heart rate also allows for waste products to be removed at a faster rate
- Following exercise, the heart continues to beat faster for a while to ensure that all excess waste products are removed from muscle cells
- It is also likely that muscle cells have been respiring anaerobically during exercise and so have built up an oxygen debt
- This needs to be ‘repaid’ following exercise and so the heart continues to beat faster to ensure that extra oxygen is still being delivered to muscle cells
- The extra oxygen is used to break down the lactic acid that has been built up in cells as a result of anaerobic respiration
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