Exercise Results in Skeletal Muscles Compressing Veins Which Encourages Blood

question 16

Multiple Choice

Exercise results in skeletal muscles compressing veins which encourages blood to return to the heart. In this scenario, which of the following is correct?

• A) end diastolic volume (EDV) decreases
• B) venous return decreases
• C) stroke volume decreases
• D) preload increases

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Definitions:

Acquisition

In learning theory, the process of gaining new information and incorporating it into one's knowledge base.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which an association is made between a naturally occurring stimulus and a previously neutral stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral stimulus that becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus, leading to a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

An instructional process where two stimuli are frequently paired together; the response, initially triggered by the second stimulus, is subsequently drawn by the first stimulus alone.