Exercise 6: Cardiovascular Physiology: Activity 2: Examining the Effect of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Lab Report
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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: What do you think will happen if you apply multiple stimuli to the heart by indirectly stimulating the vagus
nerve?
Your answer : c. The heart rate will decrease and the heart will stop.
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) in the field below and then click
Submit Data to record your answer in the lab report.
You answered: 59 beats/min
The vagus nerve carries
You correctly answered: a. signals that decrease the heart rate.
3. Enter the number of ventricular contractions per minute (from the heart rate display) in the field below and then click
Submit Data to record your answer in the lab report.
You answered: 59 beats/min
The response that resumed the heartbeat after the vagus nerve stimulation is called
You correctly answered: b. vagal escape.
Experiment Data:
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