Pulse And Count The Heart Case Study

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1. Which do you think are the two, most common places to detect pulse and count the heart rate? The carotid pulse and the brachial pulse because the arteries are the larger ones that are near the surface of our skin so we can feel the pulse more.

2. What are some factors that can increase or decrease the heart rate and the beat you feel at each pulse point? Doing certain exercises can help increase the heart rate and to decrease the heart rate your can do something more relaxing.

3. Athletes often have a very low resting heart rate. What does this tell you about the health of their heart? Athletes have a low resting heart rate because their hearts are already used to doing most exercises and instead of rising they either stay the same or increases.
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What are consequences of having a low cardiac output? How will other body systems be affected? Having a low cardiac output decreases the amount of blood pumped out of the heart. This will affect other parts of the body because they won’t be reseving as much blood as they are suppost

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