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Cardiovascular System - Cardiac Action Potential & Electrocardiogram Flashcards

1
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cardiac cycle

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alternating contraction and relaxation of cardiac muscle (myocardium)

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cardiac muscle fibers

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  • smaller/shorter
  • branched ends (connect to each other)
  • one or two nuclei
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cardiac muscle tissue (2 components)

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  • syncytium

- gap junctions

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syncytium

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multinucleate mass of cytoplasm resulting from fusion of cells

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gap junctions

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conduct the action potential to neighbouring cells

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cardiac vs skeletal muscle cells

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  • both striated
  • involuntary vs voluntarily
  • 10-20um diameter vs 20-100um
  • 50-100um in length vs mm to cm in length
  • 1-2 nuclei vs hundreds
  • often branch vs do not branch
  • connect to neighbouring cells vs fuse with tendons
  • many mitochondria vs few
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7
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3 types of muscle tissue in myocardium

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  • atrial muscle
  • ventricular muscle
  • specialized muscle tissue coordinates electrical signals (conduction system of heart)
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conduction system of heart

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“an automatic electrical system controls contraction of heart”

  • sinoatrial (SA) node
  • atrioventricular (AV) node
  • bundle of His
  • bundle branches (right and left)
  • Purkinje fibers
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SA node

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pacemaker

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AV node

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delays transmission of signal

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bundle of His and ramifications

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conducts signal to ventricles

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main phases of action potential **

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  1. resting membrane potential
  2. threshold potential
  3. depolarization
  4. depolarization
  5. hyperpolarization
  6. refractory period
  7. inward and outward currents
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13
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heterogeneity of cardiac action potential **

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  • heart is heterogeneous with respect to cell type
  • these different cells have different versions of their action potential
    (slide 14)
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14
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phases of action potential in SA node

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“SA nodal cells spontaneously generate action potential
0. upstroke/depolarization
1/2. absent
3. pacemaker potential

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characteristics of action potential in SA node

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  • automaticity (spontaneously generate action potentials without neural inputs)
  • unstable resting membrane potential
  • no sustained plateau
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16
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effect of ANS stimulation on SA node action potential

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autonomic nerves affect the heart rate by affecting the pacemaker potential

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conductance changes and currents in the myocyte and action potential

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  • upstroke of action potential is due to inward Na+ current
  • phase 1 repolarization is due to an outward K+ current, while Na+ channel inactivates
  • Ca2+ inward current maintains the Plateau of Phase 2
  • Ca2+ channel closure and increased gk repolarize the cell during Phase 3
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phases of action potential in the atria and ventricles

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  1. rapid depolarization
  2. partial repolarization
  3. plateau
  4. repolarization
  5. pacemaker potential
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characteristics of action potential in atria and ventricles

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  • stable resting membrane potential
  • longer action potential
  • sustained plateau
    “contractile cells do not spontaneously generate action potentials
20
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basic principle of ECG

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  • equivalent electric dipole is produced by heart muscle during repolarization
  • heart muscle fibres act as electric dipoles
21
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Einthoven’s triangle

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  • 3 bipolar leads

- voltage in each lead is the projection of the heart vector onto that lead

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Normal ECG configuration components

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  • P wave, PR interval, QRS complex, ST segment, T wave, U wave, QT interval
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origin of P wave of the ECG

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  • heart electric dipole varies with time and so does the recording on leads I, II, and III
  • atrial depolarization causes the P wave
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origin of QRS complex of ECG

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  • the depolarization of the ventricles occur in a sequential manner
  • ventricular depolarization causes the QRS complex
25
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P wave

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atrial depolarization

26
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P-R interval

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total atrial activity prior to activation of the bundle of His

27
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QRS complex

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ventricular depolarization

28
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ST segment

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time between ventricular depolarization and repolarization

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T wave

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ventricular repolarization

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U wave

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usually flat or not seen

occurs in electrolyte disturbances, heart diseases

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QT interval

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total ventricular activity (QRS complex, ST segment, and T wave)

32
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augmented limb leads

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augmented unipolar limb leads use combinations of only two electrodes for the indifferent electrode

33
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sympathetic stimulation of SA node

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  • shorter time, higher slope of pacemaker potential
34
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parasympathetic stimulation of SA node

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  • longer time, lower slope of pacemaker potential

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