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What makes your heart rate accelerate when running?
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Heart rate: Sympathic nervous system which responds to increase oxygen demand while running.
Answered 3/31/2012
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Hormones called cate: The body releases hormones from the adrenal gland called catecholamines- Epinephrine and norepinephrine to increase the output of the heart to meet the demands of the body.
Answered 6/25/2014
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