Lab Quiz 4 - Blood Pressure and Electrical Conduction Flashcards
autorhythmic cells
- also known as the pacemaker
- depolarizes at a rate of 80-100 times per minute and sets the resting heart rate of aobut 75bpm
sinoatrial (SA) node)
true or false: not every depolarization of the SA node leads to a heart beat
true
components of the intrinsic conduction system
- sinoatrial (SA) nnode
- atrioventricular (AV) node
- AV bundle (Bundle of HIS)
- Punkinje fibers
splits into left and right bundle branches
AV bundle (bundle of HIS)
steps to intrinsic conduction
- sinoatrial (SA) node (pacemaker) generates impulses
- impulses pause (0.1s) at the atrioventricular (AV) node
- atrioventricular (AV) bundle connects atria to ventricles
- bundle branches conduct the impuleses through the interventricular septum
- the purkinje fibers depolarize the contractile cells of both ventricles
in order to see if the valves and pumps of the heart are working correctly, you need to
auscultate
indicates depolarization of atria immediately before atrial contraction
p wave
precedes ventricular contraction, signals ventricular depolarization
QRS complex
signifies repolarization of ventricles
T wave
- represents the time between atrial and ventricular depolarization
- 0.12-0.2s
PR interval
what might a PR interval that is too long indicate
AV node damage
when the atria and ventricles beat independently of one another
total heart block
- represents the period between ventricular depolarization to ventricular repolarization
- 0.28-0.4s
QT interval
what happens to the QT interval if heart rate increases
QT interval becomes shorter
what happens to the QT interval when heart rate decreases
QT inteval becomes longer
- the time it takes for one complete cycle
- 0.8s
RR interval
when the atria are contracting, should be isoelectric
PQ segment
when the ventricles are contracting, should be isoelectric
ST segment
- HR >100bpm
- can lead to fibrillation if sustained over long periods
tachycardia
chambers contracting
systole
chambers relaxing
diastole
- HR < 60 bpm
- good in conditioned athletes, otherwise can lead to O2 deprivation of the brain
bradycardia
uncoordinated contraction of the chambers of the heart
fibrillation