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conduction system
of the heart
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Identifiers
TA A12.1.06.002
FMA 9476
Anatomical terminology
Structure
Development
Function
Action potential generation
ECG
SA node: P wave
Under normal conditions, electrical activity
is spontaneously generated by the SA
node, the cardiac pacemaker. This
electrical impulse is propagated
throughout the right atrium, and through
Bachmann's bundle to the left atrium,
stimulating the myocardium of the atria to
contract. The conduction of the electrical
impulses throughout the atria is seen on
the ECG as the P wave.[3][5]
Purkinje fibers/ventricular
myocardium: QRS complex
Ventricular repolarization
Clinical significance
Arrhythmia
Speed
A resting heart that beats slower than 60
beats per minute, or faster than 100 beats
per minute, is regarded as having an
arrhythmia. A heartbeat slower than 60
beats per minute is known as bradycardia,
and a heartbeat faster than 100 is known
as a tachycardia.
Physiological
Pacemakers
References
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
National Institutes of Health. November 17,
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2. "Innervation of the heart" . Human
Embryology: Organogenesis: Functional
development of the heart.
3. "Cardiac Muscle and Electrical Activity" .
OpenStax CNX: Anatomy & Physiology.
OpenStax CNX. November 7, 2014.
Retrieved January 2, 2015.
4. "Cardiac Muscle Fibers" . ZY 560
Mammalian Physiology. Auburn University.
Archived from the original on June 1,
2005. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
5. "Cardiac Cycle" . ECG Tutorial. University
of Michigan Health System. Retrieved
January 2, 2015.
6. Anderson, Robert H.; Mori, Shumpei
(2016). "Wilhelm His Junior and his
bundle". Journal of Electrocardiology.
doi:10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2016.06.003 .
ISSN 0022-0736 .
7. Kowey, P., Yan, Gan-Xin. "Ventricular
repolarization components on the
electrocardiogram" . Retrieved 2013-03-08.
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