KayleighLara

Exerciseexperimentlabreport

Thislabreportaddressestheanalysisofrestingbaselinedatacomparedtotheexercise
datafromthecardiovascularandrespiratorysystems.Thecardiovascularsystem
isasystemthat
allowsbloodtoflowthroughandtransportnutrients,oxygen,carbondioxide,hormones,and
bloodcellstoandfromthecellsinthebodytoprovidenourishmentandhelpinfighting
diseases,andmaintaininghomeostasis.Anelectrocardiogram(EKG)isagraphicalrecordingof
theelectricaleventshappeningintheheart.Thereare5componentsofasinglebeatthatis
labeledP,Q,R,SandT.Thesereadingscanshowyouhowfastyourheartrateisandifyourheart
ishealthyornot.Asthewavesarerelatedtoheartrate,itisalsorelatedtobloodpressure.Blood
pressuredecreaseswhentheheartrateincreases,whichmeanstheheartisworkingproperly.But
whenthebloodpressuresrisesduetoadecreaseinheartrate,theEKGwillpickupthis
abnormality.RespiratoryvolumescanbecapturedthroughlungvolumebagsandpHlevels.The
respiratoryratecandisplayhowquicklyorslowlyyourheartisbeatingandhowthataffectsthe
aircapacityofyourlungs.

Question:Howdoescardiovascularvariations,suchasincreased/decreasedheartbeat,affect
respiratorylungvolumecapabilities?
Hypothesis:Ibelievecardiovascularvariations,willcauseadecreaseinrespiratorylungvolume
capabilities.

Materials:

Safetyinformation:Safetyforthislabincludedwearingglovesandgoggleswhenworkingwith
theacidforourpHlevels.Anothermajorprecautionwasbeingcarefulwithourbodieswhile

exercisingandknowingourlimits.Theindividualduringlabmustpayattentiontoanysignsof
lightheadedness,dizziness,orextremeshortnessofbreath.
Procedures:ForourEKGlab:
Wehadtocleanoffallequipmentbeforeandafteruse
ThenhookuptheEKGandtakethereading
Wethentookdataonourrestingheartwaves
Weexercisedforthreeminutesthenretookourheartwavedataagain
Forourrespiratorylab:
Wecleanedoffourequipmentbeforeandafteruse
Thenatrest,wedidthreetrialsofbreathinginthebagtomeasureourTV,ERV,andVC
data
Wedidthesamethingagain,butworkedoutthreeminutesbeforethis
ForpHlevelreadingswetookacontrolreading,thenblewbubblesinthewaterfor40
secondsandtookdownthenewpHleveldata
Wedidthesamething,butweexercisedforthreeminutesbeforetakingournewdata

EKGLabdata
Restingcardiovasculardata:
Figure1:(Phototakenbyauthor)GrapheddataandEKGwaveofmyheartatrestingpace.
Measuredinseconds

Afterexercisecardiovasculardata:

Figure2:(Phototakenbyauthor)GrapheddataandEKGwaveofmyheartafter3minute
exercise.Measuredinseconds

Figure1and2combined:showstimedifferencesofatrest(blue)andafterexercise(red)
Analysisof
cardiovasculardata:
Myheartwavedatafrom
myfirsttrial(atresttrial)
showedthatmybeats
wereprettyspreadapart,
myheartbeatwasat
around70bpmandmy
EKGwavestayedabout
thesamewidthand
heightasthewaveswent
on.WhenIdidmy
secondtrial(exercisefor
threeminutestrial)Isaw
asignificantdifferencein
howclosemyheart
waveswereduetomyincreasedheartbeat.MyRRwaveformyfirsttrialwas.85seconds
whilemyRRwaveformysecondtrialwas.20seconds.Thisdisplaystheeffectofexerciseon

theheart,formeitmakesitalittleharderformetobreathecausingmetohavetobreathealot
quicker.

Respiratoryvolumelab:
Restingrespiratorydata:
Figure3:Graphthatdisplaysmeasuredlungvolume(TV,ERV,VC)whenIamatrest.

Afterexerciserespiratorydata:
Figure4:
Graphthatdisplaysmeasuredlungvolume(TV,ERV,VC)afterthreeminutesof
exercise

Figure3and4combined:
Comparisonoftheaveragesofthethreetrialsdoneforlungvolume.

AtrestpHlevels:
Figure5:Thisgraphshowsthechangebetweenacidicwaterandacidicwaterwithcarbon
dioxide(fromaheartatrest)blownintoit.


AfterexercisepHlevels:
Figure6:Thisgraphshowsthechangebetweenacidicwaterandacidicwaterwithcarbon
dioxide(fromaheartthatexercisedfor3mintues)blownintoit.

Figure5and6combined:
explainsthedifferenceintheacidlevelswithcarbondioxidebeingexhaledbeforeandafter
threeminuteexercise.

Analysisofrespiratorydata:TherespiratorydataandthepHlevelsshowsthatatrestwecan
produceabouttheaverageoxygenvolumesandcanloweraciditywithourcarbondioxideby
6.62%.Butwiththreeminutesofexercise,IwasabletogetabouttheaverageTV,yetwhenit
cametothelongexhale,Iwassooutofbreath,couldn'tgetverymuchairtofillthebag.With
thepHlevelsincemyheartwasbeatingfaster,Iexhaledmorecarbondecreasingtheacidlevel
to19.39%.So,inconclusionincreasedheartratecausesadecreaseinbreath,whichleadstoa
decreaseintherespiratorylungvolumecapability.