A new born baby has generally a heartbeat of 120 to 140 per minute while that of adult is 70 minutes on average. Account for...

      

A new born baby has generally a heartbeat of 120 to 140 per minute while that of adult is 70 minutes on average. Account for the difference.

  

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Lydia
New born babies lose more heat per unit weight due to a larger surface area to volume ratio; this results to higher rate of oxygen consumption during respiration to maintains their body temperature; higher heartbeat count increases; blood circulation to supply oxygen to tissues and remove carbon (iv) oxide and other wastes
lydiajane74 answered the question on October 27, 2017 at 09:07


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