CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: Part 2 Flashcards
What system can increase and decrease the heart rate depending on which division is activated?
Autonomic Nervous System
This system allows cardiac muscle contracts spontaneously and independently of nerve impulses.
Intrinsic conduction system or Nodal System
True or False. Spontaneous contractions occur in a irregular and continuous way.
False. Regular
How many times does Atrial Cells beat per minute?
60
How many times ventricular cells beat per minute?
20 to 40
Nodal system is composed of?
Muscle tissue and special nervous tissue
Nodal system sets the heart’s?
Rhythm
This special tissue in the nodal system ensures heart muscle depolarization in one direction. Which direction?
Atria to Ventricle
How much beats does nodal system enforces per minute?
75
The sinoatrial node start each heartbeat. Why?
Because it has the highest depolarization
Aside from starting the heartbeat SA node is also known to create?
The pace of whole heart that’s why it’s also known as pacemaker.
Impulse spread through the atria to ___
The AV node
True or False. In the AV node the impulse is slightly delayed to give time to atria to finish contracting.
True
After AV node the impulse will travel where?
AV bundles, bundle branches, and Purkinje fibers
Where is Purkinje fibers located?
Myocardium of the ventricular walls
AV bundle branches are located at?
Inter-ventricular septum
(Note) Ventricle contact; blood is ejected from the heart
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