Body Systems Work Sample alannah maher

How does exercise effect heart and breath rate? How do different patterns on a musical instrument effect heart and breathing rate?

This lab will test how exercise and music effects ones heart and breathing rate. I hypothesize that heart and breathing rate will increase depending the amount of exercise that the human body does. I can support my hypothesis with the background knowledge that when muscles are in use, they consume oxygen from the bloodstream. As muscle movement increases, more oxygen is required for the muscles. Therefore, breathing rate increases to gather enough oxygen in the most efficient way, and so the heart rate increases to deliver the oxygen to the required muscles. I also hypothesize that when playing a woodwind instrument, the shorter, faster notes will cause the breathing rate to increase and I do not believe that heart rate will increase. I can support this hypothesis by knowing that with long notes, I have trained myself to be conservative with my air stream and can blow the notes for longer periods of time. With shorter notes, I have found myself becoming out of breath faster, because I am not conservative with these particular notes. I do not believe that my heart rate will increase because of the way that I am testing this, playing the notes will not use any major muscle movement.

The Circulatory System is an organ system that passes, gases, hormones, blood cells, nitrogen waste products, etc. to and from cells in the body to help fight diseases and help stabilize body temperature and pH to maintain homeostasis. On average, the human body has about five liters of blood continually traveling through it by way of the circulatory system. The heart, the lungs, and the blood vessels work together to form the circle part of the circulatory system. Two types of fluids travel throughout the circulatory system: blood and lymph. The blood cells, heart, and blood vessels form the cardiovascular system. The lymph, lymph nodes, and lymph vessels form the lymphatic system. Together the cardiovascular system and the lymphatic system make up the circulatory system.

The Respiratory System is a biological system consisting of specific organs and structures used for the process of respiration. Respiration takes place in the respiratory organs called lungs. The route of air into the lungs to supply the body with oxygen is known as inhalation, and the passage of air out of the lungs to expel carbon dioxide is known as exhalation; this process is collectively called breathing or ventilation. In humans, the features of the respiratory system contain airways, lungs, and the respiratory muscles. Molecules of oxygen and carbon dioxide are passively exchanged, by diffusion, between the external environment and the blood.

The Respiratory and Circulatory system are highly dependent on each other. The Respiratory system is dependent on the Circulatory system because it relies on the Circulatory system to give the diaphragm oxygen so the lungs can take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. The Circulatory system is reliant on the Respiratory system because it needs the Respiratory system to supply the blood cells with oxygen and rid them of carbon dioxide.

I tested my resting heart rate after sitting in a chair for three minutes to calm my body from all, if any, previous activities. I then measured my heart rate five times counting for one minute each time.

I tested my active heart rate by first resting for three minuets to calm my heart rate from prior activities, and then exercising on the Elliptical (cardiovascular workout) for one minute. Then, immediately after exercising, I measured my heart rate for one minute. Following this I rested for three minutes and exercised for two. I then repeated the process increasing each time by one minute to a total of five minutes of exercise

I tested my musical heart rate by resting for three minutes, and then playing five whole notes on my flute, which consists of about ten seconds of blowing. Immediately afterwards I measured my heart rate for one minute. I rested to calm down. Once my heart rate was back to resting, I played ten half notes, which is consists of about one second of blowing, pausing for less than a second, and blowing again. All of the musical exercises took about ten seconds. I repeated this process for my five trials.

I tested my resting breathing rate by sitting in a chair for three minutes to calm my body from all previous activities. I measured my breathing rate five times for six seconds each, I multiplied the result by ten to determine my breaths per minute (BPM.) Breathing is an activity that can be controlled by the conscious mind and changed. Because I was striving for accurate results, I tested for six seconds as I determined this would not alter my breathing rate.

I tested my active breathing rate by first resting for three minutes to calm my body from all prior activities, and then exercised on the Elliptical (cardiovascular workout) for one minute. Then, immediately after testing my heart rate, I measured my breathing rate for six seconds. Afterwards, I rested for three minutes and exercised for two minutes, and repeated this process increasing each time by one minute up to five minutes of exercise.

I tested my musical breathing rate by resting for three minutes, and then playing five whole notes on my flute, which is about ten seconds of blowing. Immediately after measuring my heart rate, I measured my breathing rate for six seconds. I rested to calm down. I repeated this process for my five trials.

BREATHING RATE

One aspect of this data that I found interesting was that my musical breathing rate did not increase as much as I thought that it would. I had estimated that my breathing rate would fall between 40 and 50 BPM, and increase rapidly. In reality, my breathing rate was between 30 and 40 BPM, and stayed with those two numbers. Another observation that I had was that on the first two trials of active breathing rate the data samples were the same. I found this interesting since I had thought that my BPM would increase with each trial.

HEART RATE

One observation that I had about the data about was that the first three trials of resting heart rate were the same, and then increased. I am unsure as to what caused this increase of heart rate, but I found it interesting. This is something I may test in future studies. An additional interesting aspect of this data that I found note-worthy, was the second trial of musical heart rate. There is a large increase in BPM, and then it decreased in the following trial. Why? This too I may research at a further date.

How does exercise effect heart and breath rate? How do different patterns on a musical instrument effect heart and breathing rate?

This lab has demonstrated that exercise increases the breaths per minute of the human body. It has also proven that notes on a musical instrument can effect heart and breathing rate, if only slightly. This lab was tested as accurately as possible, however, in my opinion, the heart and breathing rate could of been measured more accurately with more advanced equipment. This lab has raised many different questions and hypotheses. For example, I tested musical heart rate on a flute, which is a woodwind instrument. Another lab could be to test a different woodwind instrument like the clarinet, or a different instrument altogether, like the trumpet or the drums. I could also compare how different workouts effect heart and breathing rate, like push ups instead of running. Nevertheless, this lab has answered the questions posed and also revealed other possibilities for research, I look forward to testing these someday.

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