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PhysioEx Lab Report

Exercise 6: Cardiovascular Physiology
Activity 1: Investigating the Refractory Period of Cardiac Muscle
Name: Farekha Anis Kuri_C_22010120140153
Date: 17 March 2021
Session ID: session-d8042fbd-a42d-2f52-0868-88e6802cd02d

Pre-lab Quiz Results

You have not completed the Pre-lab Quiz.

Experiment Results
Predict Questions
1 Predict Question 1: When you increase the frequency of the stimulation, what do you
think will happen to the amplitude (height) of the ventricular systole wave?

Your answer: The amplitude will increase.

2 Predict Question 2: If you deliver multiple stimuli (20 stimuli per second) to the heart,
what do you think will happen?

Your answer: neither wave summation nor tetanus.

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).

You answered: 62 beats/min.

2 Which of the following statements about the contractile activity is true?

You correctly answered: The smaller waves represent the contraction of the atria.

3 During which portion of the cardiac muscle contraction is it possible to induce an

extrasystole?

You correctly answered: during relaxation.

Experiment Data
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Post-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.

1 The amplitude of the ventricular systole did not change with the more frequent
stimulation because

You correctly answered: a new contraction could not begin until the relaxation phase.

2 Which of the following do you think contribute to the inability of cardiac muscle to be
tetanized?

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You correctly answered: the long refractory period of the cardiac action potential.

3 Given the function of the heart, why is it important that cardiac muscle cannot reach
tetanus?

You correctly answered: The ventricles must contract and relax fully with each beat to
pump blood.

4 An extrasystole corresponds to

You correctly answered: an extra ventricular contraction.

Review Sheet Results

1 Explain why the larger waves seen on the oscilloscope represent the ventricular
contraction.

Your answer:

Pada kontraksi ventrikel memiliki kekuatan yang lebih besar dibandingkan dengan
kontraksi atrium jantung. Hal ini disebabkan karena ventrikel jantugn bekerja untuk
menyalurkan darah ke seluruh tubuh, sehingga kerja ventrikel lebih berat
dibandingkan dengan atrium.

2 Explain why the amplitude of the wave did not change when you increased the
frequency of the stimulation. (Hint: relate your response to the refractory period of the
cardiac action potential.) How well did the results compare with your prediction?

Your answer:

Amplitudo tidak akan berubah karena periode refraktori jantung yang lama mencegah
adanya summation.

3 Why is it only possible to induce an extrasystole during relaxation?

Your answer:

Extrasystole tidak bisa terjadi hingga pada fase relaksasi sehingga tidak bisa mencapai
wave summation dan tetanus.

4 Explain why wave summation and tetanus are not possible in cardiac muscle tissue.
How well did the results compare with your prediction?

Your answer:

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Sel otot jantung memiliki aksi potensial dan denyutan yang lebih lama dibandingkan
dengan sel otot lainnya, oleh karena itu pada jaringan otot jantung tidak menunjukan
adanya wave summation ataupun tetanus.

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