The motor-cardiac reflex (r. motorocardiac) is a vitally important conditioned reflex of the heart that occurs during physical exercise: after intense work, it increases heart rate, ensures an increase in blood volume and its access to organs located at the beginning of impulses to the heart.
The concept of the basic reflex of the heart also includes reflexes associated with breathing, vascular tone and the work of the endocrine glands.
A certain role in changing blood circulation is played by autonomic centers located in the medulla oblongata - the reticular formation and centers of vagal innervation. The main mechanism of their participation in the regulation of heart rate is the