Describe the hormones that increase cardiac output

What will be an ideal response?


Hormones that increase cardiac output include epinephrine, norepinephrine, and thyroid hormone. The effects of epinephrine and norepinephrine produced by the adrenal medulla are identical to the effects of these chemicals produced by the sympathetic nervous system—they increase both heart rate and contractility. The effects of thyroid hormone, which is the body's primary regulator of the metabolic rate, are less direct. It causes the cardiac muscle cells to produce more receptors for epinephrine and norepinephrine, which allows these two chemicals to have a greater impact on cardiac output.

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