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Life Science Teaching Equipment

This guide is designed to help you determine the hardware required for particular experiments.

The table below shows a list of Teaching Experiments and highlights the suitable PowerLab Teaching Systems, pre-configured packages that include a data recorder with software, signal conditioners, transducers and accessory kits. Choose from Human Physiology, Animal Physiology, Biology/Biochemistry Experiments.

PowerLab systems are safe, economical and reliable.

To learn more about PowerLab Systems visit Teaching Systems product page

Human Physiology Experiments
	PowerLab Teaching Systems
	PTB101	PTB201	PTB301	PTB401	PTB501	PTB801
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Electrocardiogram & Heart Sounds
ECG in a resting volunteer
ECG for a range of volunteers
ECG and heart sounds
Electrocardiogram & Peripheral Circulation
ECG and volume pulse at rest
The volume pulse
Palpation of arterial pulse	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Arterial anastomoses in the hand
The effect of cold on volume pulse
Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
ECG and volume pulse at rest
ECG and volume pulse after exercise
Volume pulse after hand exercise
Blood Pressure
Auscultation of blood pressure
Blood pressure and pulse
Measuring systolic pressure
Measurements from the forearm
Measurements from the leg
Dive Response
Recording pulse and leg volume changes
Heart rate and circulation during a simulated dive
MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGY
Muscle
The effects of nerve stimulation
Twitch response and recruitment
Summation and tetanus
Grip force measurement
Muscle fatigue
Electromyography (EMG)
Voluntary change in contractile force
Alternating activity and coactivation
Evoked EMG Activity
Nerve conduction velocity
SENSORY/NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Reflexes & Reaction Times
The stretch (myotactic) reflex
The pupillary light reflex
Reflex contraction of the palmaris brevis
Reaction time
Reaction time with a warning
Reaction time to predictable cues
Reaction time with a distracting task
Reaction time to auditory cues
Psychophysiology
Skin Conductance and the startle response	+PTK12	+PTK12	+PTK12	+PTK12
Skin Conductance and skin temperature during mild stress	+PTK12	+PTK12	+PTK12	+PTK12
A simple lie detector experiment	+PTK12	+PTK12	+PTK12	+PTK12
Electroencephalography (EEG)
Recognizing artifacts
Alpha waves in the EEG
Electro-oculography (EOG)
EOG and analysis displacement	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15
Saccades	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15
Smooth Tracking	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15
Nystagmus	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15	+PTK15
Sensory Physiology (14 Exercises)
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Breathing
Normal respiration
Hyperventilation
The effect of rebreathing
Breathing and heart rate
Respiratory Air Flow & Volume
Familiarization	+PTK10	+PTK10			+PTK10
Lung volumes and capacities	+PTK10	+PTK10			+PTK10
Pulmonary function test	+PTK10	+PTK10			+PTK10
Forced expiration in different volunteers	+PTK10	+PTK10			+PTK10

Animal Physiology Experiments
	PowerLab Teaching Systems
	PTB101	PTB201	PTB301	PTB401	PTB501	PTB801
Worm Action Potential
Determining Threshold voltage	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Recruitment of the lateral giant axons	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Axonal conduction velocity	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Refractory period	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Bidirectionality of nerve impulse	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Frog Heart
Baseline heart rate and ECG	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Effect of temperature	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Starling's law of the heart	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Effects of drugs on the heart	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Frog Muscle
Graded Response	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Effect of load on contraction force	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Effect of pulse frequency on contraction force	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Tetanus	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Muscle Fatigue	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Compound Action Potential
Threshold voltage and maximal CAP amplitude	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Determination of the refractory period	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Determination of nerve conduction velocity	+PTK11	+PTK11	+PTK11		+PTK11
Earthworm Smooth Muscle
Recording baseline data	+PTK13	+PTK13	+PTK13	+ML1110	+PTK13	+ML1110
Effect of neurotransmitters on contraction rate and force	+PTK13	+PTK13	+PTK13	+ML1110	+PTK13	+ML1110
Effect of temperature on contraction rate	+PTK13	+PTK13	+PTK13	+ML1110	+PTK13	+ML1110
Effect of extracellular ions on contraction rate	+PTK13	+PTK13	+PTK13	+ML1110	+PTK13	+ML1110
Rabbit Blood Pressure
Recording arterial BP, CVP and ECG
Effects of pharmacological agents on BP
Reflex regulation of blood pressure
Vagus nerve stimulation
Effects of haemorrhage
Rabbit Respiration
Normal breathing
Effect of alteration in respiratory dead space
Effects of O2 and CO2
Measurement of transpleural pressure
Hering-Breuer reflexes
Effects of CO2 and pharmacological agents

Biology/Biochemistry Experiments
	PowerLab Teaching Systems
	PTB101	PTB201	PTB301	PTB401	PTB501	PTB801
Acid, Bases and Buffers
Acid-Base titration	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18
Acetic acid concentration	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18
Bicarbonate buffer system	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18
Amino acid titration	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18
Cellular Respiration
Respiration rate	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18
Substrate specificity	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18
Effect of pH	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18
Effect of sodium azide	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18	+PTK18

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Life Science Teaching Equipment

CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY

MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGY

SENSORY/NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY