Answer to Question #97074 in Human Anatomy and Physiology for N/A

Question

2.A) Predict what effect, if any, smoking would have on a classmates pulse rate.

B) Predict what effect playing a wind instrument or singing would have on a classmates pulse rate.

Answer 1

A - Nicotine contained in cigarettes increases the heart rate

B - People who play wind instruments have large volume of the lungs and their breathing is less frequent than that of ordinary people. On the exhalation, the heart rate falls (respiratory arrhythmia). It means that a decreased heart rate is observed in people playing on wind instruments.