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vagal tone

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 273 words | Copyright

vagal tone The effect produced on the heart when only the parasympathetic nerve fibres (which are carried in the vagus nerve) are controlling the heart rate. The parasympathetic nerve fibres slow the heart rate from approximately 70 beats per minute to 60 beats per minute.

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