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The Cardiovascular System ( Mm / Hg )

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Introduction: The cardiovascular system is composed of the blood, the blood vessels, and the heart. The cardiovascular system serves to transport nutrients, hormones, and oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. Blood is slightly basic and is usually 7.4 pH. In the blood, carbon dioxide is in equilibrium with carbonic acid. This means that the more carbon dioxide in the blood, the more acidic the blood is. The reason the carbon dioxide is removed is to keep the blood from becoming too acidic. Oxygen, in the blood, binds to hemoglobin (Saladin, K.). This allows oxygen to be delivered throughout the entire body. The blood experiences resistance in the blood vessels. The higher the resistance, the harder the heart has to pump to get the blood to …show more content…

When hyperventilation occurs, more carbon dioxide is released, which makes the blood more basic, but when hypoventilation occurs, less carbon dioxide is released, which causes the blood to become more acidic. Exercise causes the blood to become more acidic because of glucose breakdown. Two of the products of glucose catabolism are carbon dioxide and water. The carbon dioxide causes the blood to become more acidic. Three hypothesis were formed based on the above information. The first hypothesis was that heart rate and blood pressure will rise as gravity opposes blood movement. The next hypothesis was that heart rate will increase during and immediately after exercise and then return to the resting level. The final hypothesis was, during inspiration, the heart rate will be lower than in expiration.

Methods: The methods outlined in Biopac Student Lab Manual were followed for lessons 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, and 16. The subject for lessons 5, 6, 12, and 13 was a twenty year old, seventy inch tall male, weighing one-hundred and sixty-five pounds. The subject for lessons 7 and 16 was a nineteen year old, sixty-four inch female, weighing one-hundred and thirty-five pounds.

Results:Table 1 shows that the subjects mean bpm was highest after exercise (start of recording) at 88.20 BPM and lowest while sitting and breathing regularly at 60.97 BPM. The range of BPM was also the largest after exercise (start of recording) at 74.07-135.14 BPM. Table 2

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