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GROW 2001 Summer Workshop - The Heart

Presented by: Dr. Lisa Freeman and Dr. Philine Wangemann

Your heart beats about once every second.. A mouse heart beats 5 times faster than your heart, while a horse's heart beats 3 times slower. We will dissect hearts from different species to compare their size and structure. We will learn how electrical signals are carried from your brain to your heart, and we will measure the surface electrical activity of your hearts (ECG) and compare your ECG to the ECG of the mouse, dog, horse, and elephant.