Cardiac Action Potential Flashcards
specialise types of cardiac cell
contractile cells and autorhythmic cells are the two types specialised types of cardiac cell
what is pacemaker potential
autorhythmic cell membrane slow drift threshold is called pacemaker potential
how are autorhythmic cells initate action potential
autorhythmic cells cyclically initiate Action potential which then spread through the heart to trigger contraction without any nervous stimulation
the four specific site
the four specific site are Sinoatrial node , atrioventricular node , bundle of His , Purkinje fibres
SA node
SA Node is the pacemaker of the heart
AV node
AV causes a delay that allows depolarisation
Bundle of His
bundle of his transmits the impulse to the left and right bundle branches and into the ventricles
Purkinje Fibres
Purkinje fibres play role in electrical conduction and propagation of impulse to the ventricular muscle
only conducting pathway
AV node forms the only conducting pathway between the atrial muscle and Bundle of His and hence the ventricles
what is the latent power
AV node cells have well developed latent powers of rhythmicity and can take over pacemaking if impulses from the SA node fail to reach them
membrane potential
Slow depolarisation towards threshold, reaches potential action potentail in which pacemaker potential is fires causing stimulation of the contractile cells allowing heart rate
permability of the membrane channels
Increase when membrane channels open
Decrease when membrane channels close
Pacemaker potential
the two stages of pacemaker potential is specific sodium gated voltage channels and funny channels close
end of pacemaker potential action potential is initiated
Action potential in a cardiac contractile cell
transient potassium channels open and then slow I type long lasting channels open
what is refractory peroid
transient potassium channels open and then slow I type long lasting channels open
recording
No wave is recorded for SA nodal depolarisation
ECG seperate
Normal ECG no seperate wave for atrial repolarisation is visible. the electrical activity associated with atrial repoalrisation occurs simultaneously with ventricular depolarisation is masked by the QRS complex
p wave
the p wave is smaller than the QRS complex because the atria have much smaller muscle mass than the ventricles
what is cardiac output
Cardiac output is the volume of blood pumped by each ventricle per minute
CO = HR X SV
what is stroke volume
Stroke volume is the volume of blood ejected per contraction
SV = EDV - ESV
what is CO controlled
CO is controlled according to physiological requirements via control of HR and SV
strength of cardiac muscle contraction
Strength of cardiac muscle contraction by
varying the initial length of the cardiac muscle fibres which in turn depends upon EDV
Varying the extent of sympathetic stimulation
intrinsic control of SV depends on what
Intrinsic control of SV depends on the direct correlation between EDV and SV