THE HUMAN HEART

FUNCTION, ANATOMY, DISORDER

ALEX AGUILAR & VIVIAN OJEDA

AGENDA

HEART ANATOMY 101

STRUCTURE FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS
PRE-LAB INSTRUCTIONS FOR EKG LAB
LAB WRITE UP
OBJECTIVES

1. 2. 3.
Understand how Use Logger Pro Analyze the results of
the contraction and software and the EKG and explain
the relaxation of
the Vernier what this means
the heart is related
to the pqrst probes to an about how your heart
waveforms in an EKG with lab is working in a lab
EKG partners write up.
PROCEDURE

1. OPEN LOGGER LITE ON MACBOOK

2. CONNECT EKG READER TO MACBOOK

3. APPLY EKG STICKERS TO THE APPROPRIATE

PLACES ON FOREARM & WRIST

4. BREATHE STEADILY AND TAKE NOTES OF EKGS

5. REPEAT STEPS 1-4 FOR ALL GROUP MEMBERS

MATERIALS & METHODS

EKG READER
LOGGER LITE PROGRAM
EKG STICKERS
EKG CABLES
A HEARTBEAT TO READ
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THE HUMAN HEART

60, 000 mile long network of vessels

Clears harmful waste matter

Supplies oxygen + nutrients

Beats three billion times in an averages

lifetime

Beats 40 million times a year

Beats 100,000 times a day

THE HUMAN HEART: DEVELOPMENT
Has four chambers
Other organisms have uniquely
shaped hearts
Fetal heart evolves through
several different stages inside
the womb
First resembling a fish, then a
frogs, which has two chambers,
then a snake with three, and
finally adopting the 4
chambered structure of a
human heart
THE HUMAN HEART: SIZE
The size of the owners
clenched fist
Sits in the middle of the chest
Behind breast bone
In between lungs
Sits in a moistened chamber
THE HUMAN HEART: SPEED
Speeds up or slows down in response to nerve signals

Contracts and relaxes

Normally: 70 and 80 beats per minute

Each heartbeat fills four chambers inside with a fresh round of blood
THE HUMAN HEART: 2 PUMPS, FOUR CHAMBERS
These cavities form two separate pumps on each side of the heart, which are divided
by a wall of muscle called the septum.
The upper chamber on each side is called the atrium.
The bottom two chambers are called the ventricles. (2-3x larger than an atria) (are
connected to the atriums)
The left ventricle pumps blood to the body, and the right ventricle pumps blood to
the lungs
Left ventricle is much larger bc it pumps to the whole body
THE HUMAN HEART: PUMPING & TRANSPORT OF BLOOD
THE INFERIOR & SUPERIOR VENA CAVA BRINGS THE BLOOD BACK TO THE
HEART. THE LARGEST VESSEL IN YOUR BODY IS THE AORTA
When the heart contracts, the chambers become smaller,
This forces blood first out of the atria into the ventricles
Then from each ventricles into a large blood vessel connect to the top of the heart
These vessels are the two main arteries.
One of them, the pulmonary artery, takes blood to the lungs to receive oxygen.
THE HUMAN HEART: LIFE SOURCE
Heart is central to life
Blood both supplies oxygen from the lungs to the other organs and tissues
Removes carbon dioxide to the lungs, where the gas is breathed out
Blood also distributes nourishment from digestive system and hormones from glands.
Immune system cells travel in the bloodstream, looking for infection
Blood takes bodys waste product to kidneys and livers to be sorted and trashed
THE HUMAN HEART: BROKEN HEARTS

Heart disease has risen over the last century

Leading cause of death for both men and women
Takes 700,000 lives a year, 29% of the annual total
7.2 million people, worldwide, die from heart disease each year
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EKG READING
EKG WAVES

P-Q WAVE
The Depolarization of the of sino-atrial node
Causes Atrial systole
Q-R-S WAVE
The depolarization of the atrioventricular nerve
Causes ventricular systole
S-T WAVE
Ventricles regain electrical charge
ATRIAL REPOLARIZATION IS NOT SEEN BECAUSE IT HAPPENS DURING AV IMPULSE
ALEXS EKG READING
ALEXS EKG ANALYSIS

P WAVE -
P wave indicated normal functioning of the SA nodes which enable your heart to beat.
PR INTERVAL -
The delay of AV node to allow the filling of my ventricles was also average.
QRS COMPLEX -
QRS complex seemed to spike regularly indicating a relatively normal depolarization of the
ventricles. Normal heart contractions.
T WAVE -
T wave was short, indicating a fast recharge.
ST SEGMENT -
ST segment was not flat most times, indicating a slow repolarization.
VIVS EKG READING
VIVS EKG ANALYSIS

P WAVE -
P wave was seemingly weak
PR INTERVAL -
The PR Interval seems to be divided in two
QRS COMPLEX -
QRS complex seemed to spike completely irregularly, as it was split in two and it spiked less
T WAVE -
T wave was short, indicating a fast recharge.
ST SEGMENT -
ST segment was not flat most times, indicating a slow repolarization.
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