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A patient accidentally has their vagus nerve supplying the heart severed during surgery. What would immediately happen to their heart rate, and why?
- A patient accidentally has their vagus nerve supplying the heart severed during surgery. What would immediately happen to their heart rate, and why?
- The patient recovers from the surgery, but the effect on the vagal nerve is irreversible. The patient is then required to undertake a period of intense exercise, followed by a lengthy rest period. How would the heart rate change during exercise and rest, and how would this compare to that of a normal person?
- Using the Starling equilibrium explain how a haemorrhage produces fluid movement from the extracellular space to blood. Include in your answer a definition of the colloidal osmotic pressure of plasma and use diagrams when appropriate (you do not need to give numerical values)