**CARDIAC** Flashcards
1
Q
AV Dissociation?
A
Independent beating of atria and ventricles
2
Q
Aberrant
A
Abnormal
3
Q
Compensatory Pause?
A
Heart pauses for SA node to Resume control
4
Q
Automaticity?
A
Cardiac cells able to generate own Electrical Impulse (no outside stimulus)
5
Q
Excitability?
A
Cardiac cells responding to outside Stimulus
6
Q
Conductivity?
A
Cardiac cells transmit electrical impulses along membrane.
7
Q
contractility?
A
Cardiac cells contract and shorten due to electrical stimulus.
8
Q
Where is SA node Located?
A
Posterier wall of RT atrium
9
Q
AV node is located where?
A
Interventricular/Interatrial septum.
10
Q
Purkinje Fibers Located?
A
Ventricle walls
11
Q
what are the 5 phases called?
A
Cardiac Action Potential
