Activity 5
Activity 5
Activity 5
3 The layer of the blood vessel that is stimulated by the autonomic nervous
system is
5 f the right beaker simulates the flow of blood to the systemic circuit of the
body, what do the right valve and flow tube represent?
Experiment Results
Predict Question
1 Predict Question: f you increase the flow tube radius, what will happen to the
pump rate to maintain constant pressure?
2 f you increase the right flow tube radius, what will happen to resistance and
flow rate?
You correctly answered: Flow rate will increase and resistance will decrease.
3 f the left flow tube represents the pulmonary veins, what does the left source
beaker represent?
Experiment Data
Flow (ml/min) Rad. L Rad. R Str. V (ml) Rate Press. L Press. Dif.
(mm) (mm) (strokes (mm Hg) R (mm
/min) Hg)
6607.2 3.5 3.0 70 94.4 40 40
9423.9 3.5 3.5 70 134.6 40 40
11882.5 3.5 4.0 70 169.8 40 40
13798.3 3.5 4.5 70 197.1 40 40
15198.7 3.5 5.0 70 217.1 40 40
3 The amount of blood flowing into the destination beaker (right beaker) with a
single pump is called the
You correctly answered: an increase in flow rate, which increased the pump
rate.
5 Which chamber should be present in the flow pattern of the experiment, given
that the vessels and valves surrounding it are present (the chamber was
omitted from the experiment for simplicity)?
2 Describe what the left and right beakers in the experiment correspond to in the
human heart.
3 Briefly describe how the human heart could compensate for flow rate changes
to maintain blood pressure.