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Exerciseexperiment Timothydent
Exerciseexperiment Timothydent
Exerciseexperiment Timothydent
ExerciseExperiment
Thefocusofthislabreportistoaddressbaseline&exercisedataofthe
cardiovascularandrespiratorysystems.Theheartpumps7000litresofbloodthrough
thebodyeachday.Heartsizevarieswithbodysize.Anadultsheartsisgenerallyabout
14centimeterslongand9centimeterswide.Theheartisprotectedbythevertebral
column,sternum,andthelungsandcoveredbythepericardium.Anelectrocardiogram
(EKG)graphicallyrepresentselectricaleventsthatoccurwithintheheart.Theheartrate
istestingtheRRsequencewhichismerelyafifthofasinglebeatwhichiscomposed
ofP,Q,R,S,andTwaves.Impulsesareconductedonphrenicnervestomusclefibers
inthediaphragm,contractingthem.Carbondioxideisformedduringaerobiccellular
respiration,whenmoleculessuchasglucose,fattyacids,andaminoacidsarebroken
downtomakeATP.ThepHofbloodisdeterminedbytheconcentrationofhydrogen
ionsintheblood.
Question:
Whathappenstoallofthedatacollectedafterexercising?
Hypothesis:
IbelievethatthepHlevelswilldecrease,theEKGdataandthespirometerdatawill
increaseduetomoreoxygenandcarbondioxidebeingprocessed.
Theequipmentusedintheexperiments
Thesafetyequipmentusedinthislabexperimentisveryrudimentaryinthatonly
glovesandgogglesforthespirometersprobeiodine.Theothertestsdidnotneedany
safetyequipmentexceptforcommonknowledge.
TheEKGtestsrequiredforsomeonetobehookedupbytheEKGtabsforthe
labquesttablettoprocessthetest.ThepHtestingwasexecutedbytakingthepHlevel
ofthewaterbeforeandafterblowingintothewaterfor40seconds.Thelasttestwas
donebyblowingintothebag,oncebyjusttakinganormalbreathinandout,then
normalbreathinbutblowoutasmuchaspossible,finallytakinginasmuchairas
possibleandblowingasmuchaspossibleout.
Thedatafromtheexperiments.
Thedatainthetablerepresentsatrestandafterexerciseofthecardiovascular
systemsuchasbpmandsignaltimes.Thedifferencebetweenthetwotestsshowthat
whenyouexercise,yourbpmgoesup,butthetimingsgetshorterandshorter.