Marina Girgis

SBI3U

Ann Findlay

2019-10-28

Physiology

Question

How do the heart beats and the blood pressure vary at rest and after exercise from person to person?

Hypothesis

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I think after exercises the heart will beat a lot faster than in a normal setting because the muscles need

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extra oxygen and that forces the heart to beat faster to offer the lack of oxygen. The heart rate and the

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blood pressure will be higher after the second challenge than they were after the first challenge, because

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participants are likely to be more exhausted after the second challenge, and their body needs to work

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more intensely to complete the second challenge.
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Materials
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 Sphygmomanometer
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 Chronometer
 Notebook
 Pencil
 Stopwatch
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Procedure

1) Investigate the heart rate and blood pressure at rest for at least five minutes.
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2) Exercise for 5 minutes per each subject and they need to do the same exercise for the same
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length of time.
3) Take readings of the subject’s heart rate and blood pressure immediately following the
challenge.
4) Repeat the readings every minute thereafter until the heart rate and blood pressure returns to
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its resting rate.

5) Duplicate the aerobic challenge, and the heart rate and blood pressure again measured until the
subject returns to resting.

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 Observations

Table 1: The blood pressure and heart beats for 3 persons at rest and after doing the biking exercises
for 5 minutes

First person Second Third person

person

Blood 118 /70 mmHg 110 /65 mmHg 110 /55 mmHg
pressure at
rest

Blood 122/78 mmHg 128 /78 mmHg 124/62 mmHg

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After 1 min
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120 /75 mmHg 124 /75mmHg 120 /60 mmHg
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of rest
After 2 min 119hg -72 mmHg 120 /69 mmHg 115/58 mmHg
After 3 min 118 hg-70 mmHg 115 /67 mmHg 110 /55 mmHg
110 /65 mmHg
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After 4 min 118 hg70 mmHg 110 /55 mmHg

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Heart beats 80 beats per minute 89 beats per 75 beats per

at rest minute minute
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Heart beats 180 beats per 190 beats per 160 beats per
immediately minute minute minute
after
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activity
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After 1 min 170 beats/min 178 beats/min 148 beats/min

of rest
After 2 min 150 beats/min 155 beats/min 130 beats /min
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After 3 min 118 beats /min 121 beats/min 110 beats/min

After 4 min 95 beats/min 89 beats /min 98 beats/min
After 5 min 80 beats/min 89 beats/min 80 beats/min
After 6 min 80 beats /min 89 beats/min 75 beats /min

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 Table 2: The blood pressure and heart beats for 3 persons at rest and after doing the aerobics
exercises or 5 minutes

First person Second Third person

person

Blood 118 /69 mmHg 110 /66 mmHg 115/55 mmHg

pressure at
rest

Blood 125/79 mmHg 129/80 mmHg 126/70 mmHg

pressure
immediately
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(systolic –

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diastolic)

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After 1 min
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123 /77 mmHg 126 /77mmHg 123 /65 mmHg
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of rest
After 2 min 121/75 mmHg 123/69 mmHg 118 /60mmHg
After 3 min 120 /72 mmHg 115/67 mmHg 115 /55 mmHg
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After 4 min 118 /69 mmHg 110/66 mmHg 115 /55 mmHg
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Heart beats 80 beats per minute 89 beats per 75 beats per

at rest minute minute
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Heart beats 190 beats per 195 beats per 175 beats per
immediately minute minute minute
after activity
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After 1 min 175 beats/min 175 beats/min 165 beats/min

of rest
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After 2 min 156 beats/min 150 beats/min 140 beats /min

After 3 min 120beats /min 122 beats/min 110 beats/min
After 4 min 98 beats/min 100beats /min 90 beats/min
After 5 min 90 beats/min beats 89 beats/min 85beats/min
After 6 min 80 beats /min 89beats/min 75 beats /min

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Line 1: The first exercise

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Line 2: The second exercise

It was observed that for every person, the blood pressure and the heart beats are different even at rest
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and that they even more after the second exercise. An important observation was made, which is that
the values always increase after the exercise and then slowly decrease. Before doing the first exercise,
the heart beat for the first person is 80 beats per min and after the exercises, it went immediately to 180
beats per min and it kept slowing down and it returned to the initial 80 beats per min after 5 min. For
the blood pressure for the first person at rest (systolic –diastolic) is 118 /70 mmHg and after the exercise,
it went immediately to 122/ 78 mmHg and it kept slowing down until it reached the original blood

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 pressure after 3 min. for the second person, the heart beat rate is 89 beats per min and after the
exercises, it went immediately to 190 beats per min and it kept slowing down and it returned to the
initial 89 beats per min after 4 min. For the blood pressure for the second person at (systolic –diastolic) is
110/ 65 mmHg and after the exercise, it went immediately to 128/ 78 mmHg and it kept slowing down
until it reached the original blood pressure after 4 min. For the third person, the heart beat for the third
person is 75 beats per min and after the exercises, it went immediately to 160 beats per min and it kept
slowing down and it returned to the initial 75 beats per min after 6 min. For the blood pressure for the
third person at (systolic –diastolic) is 110 /55 mmHg and after the exercise, it went immediately to
124/62 mmHg and it kept slowing down until it reached the original blood pressure after 3 min.

At the second exercise, before doing the first exercise, the heart beat for the first person is 80 beats per
min and after the exercises, it went immediately to 190 beats per min and it kept slowing down and it
returned to the initial 80 beats per min after 6 min. For the blood pressure for the first person at rest
(systolic –diastolic) is 118 / 69 mmHg and after the exercise, it went immediately to 125/ 79 mmHg and it
kept slowing down until it reached the original blood pressure after 4 min. for the second person, the

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heart beat rate is 89 beats per min and after the exercises, it went immediately to 195 beats per min and

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it kept slowing down and it returned to the initial 89 beats per min after 5 min. For the blood pressure

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for the second person at (systolic /diastolic) is 110 /66 mmHg and after the exercise, it went immediately

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to 129 /80 mmHg and it kept slowing down until it reached the original blood pressure after 4 min. For

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the third person, the heart beat for the third person is 75 beats per min and after the exercises, it went

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immediately to 175 beats per min and it kept slowing down and it returned to the initial 75 beats per
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min after 6 min. For the blood pressure for the third person at (systolic –diastolic) is 115 /55 mmHg and
after the exercise, it went immediately to 126 /70 mmHg and it kept slowing down until it reached the
original blood pressure after 3 min.
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Discussion
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The three persons are all different, each one of them has different heart rate and blood pressure. Even
for each person, the heart beat and the blood pressure are variable after the first time of exercise and
the second time of exercise. The factors could be the age. The heart beats rate of a younger person is
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higher per minute than an older person. According to the tests, the second person is the younger one,
then the first person and last, the third person is the oldest one having the least amount of heart beats
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per minute. Also the circadian rhythm, at night the heart beats rate is higher than it would be in the
morning. The genders can be a factor, usually the structure and how the nervous system is regulated is
different than how it is in the woman.
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While exercising, there are muscle reflexes, including the respiratory muscles and reflexes from the
carotid–cardiac baroreceptor. While exercising, the higher heart rate requires a higher oxygen quantity in
the blood. When the heart rate decreases after exercise, that means there is an increase in resting
cardiac vagal tone. Usually during the recovery after exercise, the heart beats rate decreases more
quickly even more than the blood pressure. In the blood pressure rate, there is an abnormal decrease

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 after the exercises because of the vagal tone reaction, resulting from the increase of the activity in the
nervous system. The blood pressure highs the cardiovascular reactivity after exercise. Then, the blood
pressure decrease until reaching its original level weather its in the systolic or diastolic.

That heart rate and the blood pressure will be higher after the second challenge than they were after the
first challenge and it is supported by the experiment. The results show the similarities are between the
recovery curve after the first and the second challenge is that the hearts beats rate and the blood
pressure is that the person at rest has the same heart beats rate and blood pressure. Also, they both
increase after the exercise and then decrease after a few minutes. The differences are that the blood
pressure and the heart beats rate after the second challenge become more hyper and excited than after
the first challenge, because the subjects are more exhausted and their bodies need to work intensely to
accomplish the task due.

Conclusion

The hypothesis was correct, after exercises the heart will beat a lot faster than in a normal setting. The

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muscles need extra oxygen and that forces the heart to beet faster to offer the lack of oxygen. The heart

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beats rate and the blood pressure increase while doing the exercises and increase after doing the

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exercises even more, because the participants are likely to be more exhausted after the second

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challenge, and their body needs to work more intensely to complete the second challenge.

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