Cardiac Action Potential
Exercise 6: Cardiovascular Physiology: Activity 1: Investigating the Refractory Period of Cardiac Muscle Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. The cardiac muscle is capable of which of the following? You correctly answered: c. autorhythmicity 2. Phase 2 of the cardiac action potential, when the calcium channels remain open and potassium channels are closed, is called the You correctly answered: a. plateau phase. 3. Which of the following is true of the cardiac action potential? You correctly answered: b. The cardiac action potential is longer than the skeletal muscle action potential. 4. The main anatomical difference between the frog heart and the human heart is that the frog heart has You correctly answered: c. a single, fused ventricle.
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Experiment Results Predict Question: Predict Question 1: When you increase the frequency of the stimulation, what do you think will happen to the amplitude (height) of the ventricular systole wave? Your answer : b. The amplitude will decrease. Predict Question 2: If you deliver multiple stimuli (20 stimuli per second) to the heart, what do you think will happen? Your answer : b. tetanus 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 to record your answer in the lab report. You answered: 60 beats/min Which of the following statements about the contractile activity is true? You correctly answered: a. The smaller waves represent the contraction of the atria. During which portion of the cardiac muscle contraction is it possible to induce an extrasystole? You correctly answered: d. during relaxation Experiment Data:
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Post-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. The amplitude of the
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Experiment Results Predict Question: Predict Question 1: When you increase the frequency of the stimulation, what do you think will happen to the amplitude (height) of the ventricular systole wave? Your answer : b. The amplitude will decrease. Predict Question 2: If you deliver multiple stimuli (20 stimuli per second) to the heart, what do you think will happen? Your answer : b. tetanus 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 to record your answer in the lab report. You answered: 60 beats/min Which of the following statements about the contractile activity is true? You correctly answered: a. The smaller waves represent the contraction of the atria. During which portion of the cardiac muscle contraction is it possible to induce an extrasystole? You correctly answered: d. during relaxation Experiment Data:
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Post-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. The amplitude of the