Respiratory Adaptations to Exercise — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The stimulus for increased ventilation rate is the activation of _____ at the beginning of the exercise.

Answer: joint proprioceptors (receptors)

Flashcard 2: Increase in alveolar ventilation occurs during exercise due to additional signals from _____ and joint proprioceptors

Answer: contracting muscles

Flashcard 3: Signals from _____ play a role in stimulating the respiratory drive during exercise.

Answer: joint proprioceptors

Flashcard 4: Exercise adaptation at high altitudes:To make up for the respiratory alkalosis, kidneys _____ hydrogen ion secretion and increase bicarbonate excretion.

Answer: reduce

Flashcard 5: The exercise-induced hyperventilation during vigorous exercise is produced due to the receptors present in _____.

Answer: carotid bodies

Flashcard 6: McArdle index is the _____ rate

Answer: sweat

Extra: McArdle's Index is also known as the **Predicted 4-hour Sweat Rate (P4SR)**. It is an index used to assess environmental heat stress.

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Answer: kcal energy requirements per day

Extra: 

Flashcard 8: _____ circulation initially decreases but later increases during exercise

Answer: Cutaneous

Flashcard 9: There is a sharp _____ in the diastolic blood pressure in isometric exercise.

Answer: rise

Flashcard 10: _____ and muscular* circulation increases during exercise.

Answer: Coronary