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Exercise 6: Cardiovascular Physiology: Activity 5: Examining the Effects of Various Ions on Heart Rate Lab Report
Pre-lab Quiz Results
You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.
1. Which organelle in the cardiac muscle cell stores calcium?
You correctly answered: b. sarcoplasmic reticulum
2. Verapamil is a calcium-channel blocker. Its effects could be described as
You correctly answered: d. negative chronotropic and negative inotropic.
3. When the cardiac muscle cell is at rest, where is most of the potassium found?
You correctly answered: c. in the cytosol
4. Resting cardiac muscle cells are most permeable to
You correctly answered: b. potassium.
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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question 1: Because calcium-channel blockers are negative chronotropic and negative inotropic, what effect do you
think increasing the concentration of calcium will have on heart rate?
Your answer : a. positive chronotropic, positive inotropic
Predict Question 2: Excess potassium outside of the cardiac cell decreases the resting potential of the plasma membrane,
thus decreasing the force of contraction. What effect (if any) do you think it will initially have on heart rate?
Your answer : b. decrease heart rate
Stop & Think Questions:
Where in the cardiac muscle cell is most of the sodium normally found?
You correctly answered: a. outside of the cell
Experiment Data:
Solution
---Calcium
Sodium
Potassium
Heart Rate
62
72
34 then erratic
28 then erratic