The affect of psychological stress on the heart rate. Introduction: The human body is incredible machinery that can adjust to stressful situations and react in a “fight-or flight” manner by temporarily shutting off nonessential‚ at the moment‚ immune and digestive systems. When the body is ready for a challenge‚ heart rate increases‚ blood pressure rises and glucose production intensifies to supply large amounts of energy. These metabolic changes are caused by release of stress hormones (catecholamine
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that can pass through a vessel. This dilation of blood vessels decreases the amount of venous return to the heart. Also‚ this increased diameter of blood vessels and increased volume allows for less of the blood to come in contact with the walls of the vessels. So a larger volume of blood is allowed to pass through a vessel without obstruction‚ characterizing a decrease in peripheral resistance. This increased blood flow is explained by an immediate increase in heart rate‚ which is what allows for more
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to beat.” 3. To compare the relative length of the refractory period of cardiac muscle with that of skeletal muscle‚ and to explain why it is not possible to tetanize cardiac muscle. 4. To define extrasystole‚ and to explain at what point in the cardiac cycle (and on an ECG tracing) an extrasystole can be induced. 5. To describe the effect of the following on heart rate: vagal stimulation‚ cold‚ heat‚ pilocarpine‚ atropine‚ epinephrine‚ digitalis‚ and potassium‚ sodium‚ and calcium ions. 6. To define
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Introduction: Heart Rate is defined as the amount of times a person’s heart beats in one minute. A resting heart rate is the person’s heart rate prior to any activity or exercise. As activity increases‚ the heart rate will increase in speed. An increased heart rate is essential as it replaces oxygen in the muscles that is used during said activity and gets rid of excess carbon dioxide through the blood stream. Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing on the walls of the veins and arteries
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Heart Rate Experiment Introduction: The heart rate measures the contractions of your heart and is a requirement for life. The heart uses four chambers. The right and left-lower chambers are called ventricles‚ and right and left-upper chambers are called atria. These four chambers complete two cycles that replenish the tissues with oxygen and get oxygen from our lungs. The heart rate is measured in beats/ minute and a “beat” is when the lower chambers are (two ventricles) contract. This
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example of a heart rate is called resting heart rate. The resting heart rate of the body is the number of contractions of the heart that occur in a single minute while the body is at complete rest. The resting heart rate can differentiate upon age‚ gender‚ and health of a human. There will also be a difference in number upon the resting heart rate of athletes and a non-athletes. I calculated 68 beats per minute for my resting heart rate. Another example of heart rate is target heart rate. Mathematically
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where‚ distance and displacement are same. 6. When moving car returns to the same point what will be the ratio of a) Displacement to distance. b) Distance to displacement. 7. In a long distance race‚ the athletes take four rounds of a track such that the time of Finish is same as the line of start. The length of the track is 200 m. a) What is the total distance covered by the athletes? b) What is the displacement when they touch the finish line? c) Is the
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the problem and selecting variables In this lab‚ we will be studying the difference of heart rate between boys and girls. There are many things that can increase heart rate‚ such as exercise‚ drinking coffee‚ taking certain pills‚ drinking an energy drink‚ feeling a strong emotion‚ etc. I have chosen to use exercise as a means of increasing the heart rate of my subjects‚ more precisely‚ 20 sit-ups. There are many reasons why your heart rate increases when you exercise‚ the most important one being
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Literature Review The human heart is a very complicated organ‚ with the main purpose to pump life sustaining blood throughout the human body. It also supplies oxygen and nutrients to all areas and clears harmful waste from the body. The heart is made up of cardiac muscle which beats on its own. According to the article ‘heart ‘which was written by The National Geographic the heart will slow down or speed up depending on how the body is being used. This is done by nerve signals which are being
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Homeostasis of BP and Heart Rate A normal blood pressure can be identified by having a systolic pressure of around 120 and a diastolic pressure of around 80. This value is expressed as "120/80". A normal heart rate is expressed as the amount of times it beats in a minute; a normal adult heart rate is between 60-100 beats per minute (BPM). There is a relation between these two measurements‚ but they are stimulated by several different circumstances. The blood pressure is mainly affected
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