A-Level Biology Edexcel B 9BI0

9.8: Control of heart rate in mammals

#9.8i

Understand how the autonomic nervous system controls heart rate including:

  • aortic and carotid baroreceptors and chemoreceptors
  • cardiac centre in the medulla oblongata
  • sympathetic nerve stimulated to release noradrenaline at the SAN
  • parasympathetic nerve stimulated to release acetylcholine at the SAN.
#9.8ii

Understand the role of the autonomic nervous system in causing the release of adrenaline to increase heart rate.

9.7
Detection of light by mammals
9.9
Osmoregulation and temperature regulation