Key Learning Points
Nervous Control of The Heart
Respiratory Arrhythmia Page 7
- A respiratory arrhythmia is an example of autonomic influence on heart rate.
Carotid Massage Page 8
- Carotid massage can convert some supraventricular tachycardias by over stimulating baroreceptors which flood the vasomotor center with impulses causing a dramatic increase in parasympathetic stimulation of the heart.
