BIOS 255 Week 4 Lab: #7 Effect of Exercise on Arterial Pressure and Vascular Resistance LABORATORY REPORT Activity 7: Effect of Exercise on Arterial Pressure and Vascular Resistance Name: Michelle Blake Instructor: Leon Zacharowicz Date: 1/25/15 PREDICTIONS 1. During exercise: Increase 2. During exercise: Increase 3: During exercise: Decrease MATERIALS AND METHODS 1. Dependent Variable: HR‚ SV‚ BP 2. Independent Variable: level of activity 3. Controlled Variables: gender age 4.
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Danielle Rollins Cardiovascular Physiology Activity 1 1) Explain why the larger waves seen on the oscilloscope represent ventricular contraction. The ventricular contraction is when the blood is sent through the whole body as opposed to the atrial contraction that sends the blood to the heart and lungs. 2) Explain why the amplitude of the wave did not change when you increased the frequency of the stimulation. (Hint: relate your response to the refractory period of the cardiac action
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Hines‚ Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital‚ Maywood‚ Illinois; and 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering‚ Illinois Institute of Technology‚ Chicago‚ Illinois ABSTRACT When the kidney is subjected to acute increases in blood pressure (BP)‚ renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are observed to remain relatively constant. Two mechanisms‚ tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) and the myogenic response‚ are thought to act in concert to achieve a precise moment-by-moment
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a. What enzyme is released from the kidney in response to decreased blood pressure? _______________________ b. What enzyme converts angiotensin I to angiotensin II? ______________ c. What are two effects of angiotensin II? d. How does aldosterone cause more sodium to be reabsorbed in the kidney? e. As a result‚ what happens to blood volume and blood pressure? _______ 6. a. A decrease in blood volume and blood pressure will lead to a/an ______________ in the sympathetic nervous system (SNS)
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Self-Care Management Plan for Hypertensive Teachers Key Areas | Recommendation | Evidence | Strategies | Detection/Diagnosis | Nurses will take every appropriate opportunity to assess blood pressure of teachers in aides to facilitate every detection of hypertension.Nurses will utilize correct technique‚ and appropriate use of cuff size properly maintained calibrated equipment when assessing BPNurses will be knowledgeable regarding the process involved in the diagnosis of HPN | Category Systolic
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(1) Severity of AS is defined from aortic valve area (AVA)‚ which represents the orifice formed by cusps of aortic valve‚ in combination with flow rate‚ pressure gradients and other cardiac function characteristics. Accurate determination of the AS severity is crucial for the course of the disease and the choice of treatment. In addition‚ patients who are unable to take the risks of conventional open valve
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Reflection on a clinical skill. Introduction The clinical skill this reflective assignment will refer too is that of the measurement of blood pressure. As the experience predominantly involved feelings and thoughts‚ I found it appropriate to use the Atkins and Murphy (1994) reflective model. The use of this model enables me to reflect on the experiences described below. It also guides my thoughts as to critically analysing the experience and enlightens me as to what has been learned from the
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Reflection on Temperature‚ Pulse‚ Respiration and Blood pressure I am a nursing student from Australian Catholic University. This role play is about the vital signs. Now‚ I am going to write a reflective write about the video of my role play of TPR which is a part of assignment and done by me and my other two friends. Firstly‚ in my video when I play a nurse role‚ first of all I asked about the patient’s condition such as how are you today. I also make the eye contact while taking to patient
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a series of heart-muscle fibers. At often times a highly active athlete can experience a heart rate of fifty beats per minute and show no signs of Sinus Bradycardia. This is because regular exercise has shown to improve the heart’s ability to pump blood. Signs
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PALS Helpful Hints Nov 2011 The PALS exam is a 33 question exam. Passing score is 84% or you may miss 5 questions. For those persons taking PALS for the first time or renewing with a current card‚ exam remediation is permitted should you miss more than 5 questions on the exam. Viewing the books ahead of time with the accompanying student web site www.heart.org/eccstudent located on page ii of the PALS provider manual is very helpful. This site has a pretest and other helpful tools. This
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