Lab 8 Flashcards
Functional syncytium of muscle fibers, and the individual cells are electrically coupled
Cardiac Muscle
Impulse in a cardiac muscle is
all or none
the cardiac muscle contract more forcefully when stretched within limits
Starling’s law
cardiac muscle is made up of bulk of
myocardium
cells that contract without external stimulus
autorhythmic
the rate at which a heart beat is determined by what part of the heart? located at the rear of the heart
SA node
normal heart beat
70-75 times/minute
factors that influence the cardiac muscle contraction
nervous input, chemical & metabolic change, temperature
coordination of heart beat is due to the specialized conduction pathways located where?
in and between the atria and the ventricle
one feature of the path
delay of the AV node
allows the atria to complete their contraction before the ventricles begin to contract
delay of the AV node
(pacemaker) due to changes in the membrane channel conductances of
K, Ca, Na
ionic fluzes are modified by autonomic inputs, rate and force of contraction of heart can be
increase, decrease
frog heart has ___ chambered
3 (2 atria and 1 ventricle)
human heart has ____chambers
4 (2 A and 2 V)
where deoxygenated blood arrives
RA
where oxygenated blood arrives
LA