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Exercise 6: Cardiovascular Physiology: Activity 2: Examining the Effect of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Lab Report
Pre-lab Quiz Results
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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: What do you think will happen if you apply multiple stimuli to the heart by indirectly stimulating the vagus
nerve?
Your answer : a. The heart rate will increase.
Stop & Think Questions:
1. Watch the contractile activity from the frog heart on the oscilloscope.
Enter the number of ventricular contractions per minute (from the heart rate display) in the field below and then click
Submit Data to record your answer in the lab report.
You answered: 62 beats/min
The vagus nerve carries
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Correct answer: a. signals that decrease the heart rate.
3. Enter the number of ventricular contractions per minute (from the heart rate display) in the field below and then click
Submit Data to record your answer in the lab report.
You answered: 60 beats/min
The response that resumed the heartbeat after the vagus nerve stimulation is called
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Correct answer: b. vagal escape.
Experiment Data:

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Post-lab Quiz Results

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1. Extreme vagus nerve stimulation affects the heart by
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Correct answer: a. stopping the heart completely.
2. Vagal escape probably involves
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Correct answer: c. sympathetic reflexes.
3. Research shows that, in the absence of neural and hormonal influences, the SA node generates action potentials at a
frequency of approximately 100 times per minute. However, the resting heart rate is approximately 70 beats per minute,
which suggests that
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Correct answer: b. the parasympathetic nervous system has more control over heart rate.
4. The SA (sinoatrial) node in the human heart is located
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Correct answer: c. in the right atrium

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Review Sheet Results

1. Explain the effect that extreme vagus nerve stimulation had on the heart. How well did the results compare with your
prediction?
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2. Explain two ways that the heart can overcome excessive vagal stimulation.
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3. Describe how the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work together to regulate heart rate.
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4. What do you think would happen to the heart rate if the vagus nerve was cut?
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