
Healthy Person

| This graph clearly
shows how the heart rate varies with time. There are two distinct mountain ranges the left hand range predominantly represents the sympathetic nervous system and the right hand range represents the parasympathetic nervous system. In a normal test, the subject is asked to lye on their back for 5 minutes, then stand up for 5 minutes and then lye on their back again for a further 5 minutes. This simple test can provide data of the onset of many heart diseases. |

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