Feedback & control of body functions (2025)
In this series of activities, the feedback mechanisms that control heart rate and breathing rate, using sensory inputs from baroreceptors and chemoreceptors, are explored first. Then the voluntary and involuntary control of peristalsis in the digestive system is looked at. How do we change our breathing rate and heart rate to cope with the demands of exercising? What factors in the body might be detected in order to...