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Exercise Physiology Task 1 With physical activity in sport, exercising can have effects on the cardiovascular system. Certain forms of these are the cardiac cycle, blood pressure, the rate of blood flow, transporting respiratory gases and oxygen dissociation. The cardiovascular system includes: * Heart * Blood vessels The heart is a pump, the purpose of which is to drive the blood into and through the arteries. The right side of the heart pumps blood into the pulmonary circulation, and the left side pumps blood into the systemic circulation. The blood in the right side of the heart does not mix with the blood in the left. The heart is myogenic which means it can contract without receiving nervous stimulation from the central nervous system. There are four main neural sites, which work together, in order to ensure that the four chambers of the heart beat regularly. These sites are: * The sino - atrial node -...

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