Heart Rate Lab Report

Introduction
The heart is an extremely important organ in the human body, and it must be able to adjust the heart rate for when a person is resting or for when a person is running. Heart rate is defined as the number of heartbeats per unit of time, usually per minute (Medicine-Net). The heart rate is based on the number of contractions of the ventricles. The pulse is defined as a bulge of an artery from waves of blood that course through the blood vessels each time the heart beats (Medicine-Net). Pulse can be measured on the wrist, inside the elbow, at the side of the neck, or at the top of the foot. It can also be measured at the groin, temple and behind the knees. To measure pulse, one must place and press the flat part of two fingers firmly on one of the areas and count the number of beats for thirty seconds. To get the number of heartbeats for one minute, one must multiply that number by two (Healthwise). The average resting heart rate for children aged ten through adults is sixty through one hundred beats per minute. Given this, the heart rate of one during exercise should increase. If subject one runs up two flights
Subject one was the runner, while subject two was the one who rested. Subject two was used as the control to be able to compare the heart rate of subject one and determine what running up and down a set of stairs twice does to the heart rate. The heart rate of both subjects was taken before subject one started to run up and down the steps. After subject one completed the running, the heart rate was taken immediately, one minute after, and five minutes after resting for both subject one and two. To obtain the heart rate, each subject measured the pulse by the carotid artery, and an Apple Watch timer was used for the time. The number of heartbeats were taken for thirty seconds each time and then multiplied by two to receive the heart rate for a minute. The heart rate was taken in beats per