Exercise

Cards (10)

  • Exercise
    Requires increased aerobic respiration in the body
  • Increased aerobic respiration during exercise
    1. Muscles require more energy
    2. Oxygen demand increases
    3. Breathing rate and volume increase
    4. Heart rate increases
  • Insufficient oxygen during intense exercise
    Cells switch to anaerobic respiration
  • Anaerobic respiration
    Less efficient than aerobic respiration, produces lactic acid
  • Lactic acid buildup during exercise
    Causes a burning sensation in muscles
  • Removing lactic acid after exercise
    1. Lactic acid carried to liver
    2. Reacted with oxygen
    3. Converted back to glucose
  • Oxygen debt
    Extra oxygen needed to remove lactic acid after exercise
  • Measuring effects of exercise
    1. Measure breathing rate
    2. Measure heart rate
  • Breathing rate measured by counting chest rises and falls per minute
  • Heart rate measured by feeling pulse on wrist or neck