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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: 61 beats/min

The vagus nerve carries

You correctly answered: 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: 61 beats/min

The response that resumed the heartbeat after the vagus nerve stimulation is called
You correctly answered: 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

Your answer: d. decreasing the force of contraction of the heart.
Correct answer: a. stopping the heart completely.

2. Vagal escape probably involves

Your answer: b. vagus nerves.
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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