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Analysis Questions
2. Since an EKG is only recording the voltage information (of a rather large
surface area), it can fundamentally only provide insight related to
electrical phenomena such as cardiac muscle depolarization. An EKG is
abnormal when the broad de/repolarization data that is being collected is
abnormal. So, problems can be detected when it is something
macroscopic, like the SA or AV nodes, malfunctioning and affecting the
depolarization rhythm.
4. Fibrillation occurs when the SA node is not working properly or at all. Since
the SA node is the pacemaker of the heart i.e. it synchronizes the
depolarization times of all the cardiac muscle cells, the cells contract and
relax with no overall order. The waveform has no detectable pattern
because cells are continually and randomly depolarizing.
P–R .25 .2
QRS .1 .06
Conclusion
The lab was very engaging – I had a lot of fun. I realized during the
dissection that I had forgotten some notable ideas about the heart anatomy,
and so I remembered or relearned those things. Furthermore, I had a better
understanding and appreciation of the heart’s physiology the second time
around. The EKG also went much more smoothly and made a lot more sense
than the first time that I had to monitor EKG in AP Biology – I suppose the
reason for this is that I have a much better understanding of cardiac muscle
function now than I had back then. I was pleasantly surprised when my EKG
was chosen as the model for the analysis. I had no idea that my heart is as
healthy (or at least normal), and that is a comforting piece of knowledge.