Ekg Paper Flashcards
The smallest divisions are-_______.
1mm (from one block to the next is one mm).
The EKG is recorded on-_______.
ruled paper.
Between each of the heavy lines are ________.
5 small blocks.
Vertical axis is _____.
voltage
One small block up is one _____.
One small block up is one mm.
The height and depth of a wave measured in mm is _____.
Voltage
Upward deflections are _____.
Positive
Downward deflections are
Negative
Horizontal axis is _____.
Time
Each small block represents _____ seconds.
.04 seconds
The time between heavy lines is _____seconds .
0.2 seconds
The ECG complex represents the heart’s electrical activity that occurs in one cardiac
cycle.
Cardiac cycle
The baseline voltage of the electrocardiogram is known as the ____.
Isoelectric line
The isoelectric line is measured as the portion of the tracing following the _____wave and preceding the next _____wave.
T
P
