Practical Lab 1 : Introduction to homeostasis

Learning Outcome : To understand how the body maintains homeostasis during exercise.
To relate homeostasis to the internal environment of the body

Observations:
Initial Pulse Rate (Before Exercise)
Average Resting Pulse
Resting Pulse Rate 1 Resting Pulse Rate 2 Resting Pulse Rate 3
Rate
95 129 118 114

Pulse Rate after Exercise Trial 1

ACTIVITY PULSE RATE
After 2 minutes vigorous activity 181

After 4 minutes of rest 129

Pulse Rate after Exercise Trial 2

ACTIVITY PULSE RATE
After 2 minutes vigorous activity 150

After 4 minutes of rest 118

Pulse Rate after Exercise Trial 3

ACTIVITY PULSE RATE
After 2 minutes vigorous activity 161

After 4 minutes of rest 120

Initial Blood Pressure

Resting BP 1 Resting BP 2 Resting BP 3 Average BP Rate

149/83 147/80 128/83 138/83

BP after Exercise Trial 1

ACTIVITY BP RATE
After 2 minutes vigorous activity
151/89
After 4 minutes of rest
149/83

BP Rate after Exercise Trial 2

ACTIVITY BP RATE
After 2 minutes vigorous activity 138/81

After 4 minutes of rest 122/86

BP Rate after Exercise Trial 3

ACTIVITY BP RATE
After 2 minutes vigorous activity
134/88
After 4 minutes of rest
123/80
Initial Body Temperature

Average Resting Body

Resting Body Temp 1 Resting Body Temp 2 Resting Body Temp 3
Temp

36.7 36.6 36.3 36.5

Body temperature
ACTIVITY Body temperature
After 2 minutes vigorous activity
36.9
After 4 minutes of rest 36.6

Body temperature after Exercise Trial 2

ACTIVITY Body temperature
After 2 minutes vigorous activity 36.9

After 4 minutes of rest

36.3

Body temperature after Exercise Trial 3

ACTIVITY Body temperature
After 2 minutes vigorous activity 36.4

After 4 minutes of rest 36.0

Discussion Questions

1. What is the normal average of pulse for adults and compare with the student’s resting pulse
rate?

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2. How did the student’s heart rate change as he exercised?

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3. Why did this change take place? In other words, how did this change maintain a stable internal
environment?

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4. Negative feedback loop occurs in response to a change in the internal environment of

the body to restore homeostasis.

Describe how the body maintain homeostasis during vigorous exercise. Your answer must
include all the changes in the four vital signs (body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and
blood pressure).

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5. What do you think would happen if you exercised and your body could not make changes to
heart rate or blood pressure?

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