Atropine is another cholinergic drug an acetylcholine

Atropine is another cholinergic drug, an acetylcholine antagonist. Predict the effect that atropine will
have on heart rate.
Stop & Think Questions:
Which of the following is true of epinephrine?
Experiment Data:
Solution Heart Rate
---- 62
Epinephrine 82
Pilocarpine 47
Atropine 72
Digitalis 43

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You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.
1. Pilocarpine decreased the heart rate. Typical of cholinergic agonists, it
2. The effect of atropine was to
3. The modifiers tested that decrease the heart rate were
4. To increase the heart rate, the best choices would be

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