Lab Flashcards
(31 cards)
Muscle contraction
Shortening of muscle fiber length
What kind of muscle contraction does a heart do?
The heart result in a ringing motion
Electrical conduction
The movement of ions between cells, resulting in action, potentials moving from cell to cell
Depolarization
The change in self charge from negative to positive triggering internal cellular change, positive enters to cell
Repolarization
The return to negative charge of a cell membrane, positive irons leaving the cell
Extrinsic
Coming from outside
Intrinsic
Coming from within
Automaticity
The ability to perform an action in voluntary or unconsciously
What are some characteristics of a cardiac cell?
Striated, branching, uninucleate and involuntary
Conduction
Specialized cardiac cell located within the conduction system of the heart
Contractile
Traditional, cardiac muscle cell created mechanically forces used to expel blood
Heart rate
Number of cardiac cycles per minute, typically 60 to 100 is OK but 70 is average
Extrinsic
Autonomic, nervous system, sympathetic, nervous system increases heart rate, contractility, and inhalation while, PNS decrease his heart rate and track agility
How many beats per minute is the SA nodes responsible for
100-110
How many beats per minute is the AV node responsible for?
40-60
How many beats per minute is a Perkinje fiber responsible for
20-40
What does a SA node do?
It is the pacemaker cell and spread signals to both atria, causing contraction of the atria, forcing the last bit of blood into the ventricles
What does the AV node do?
.1 second pause allowing for complete explosion of blood from atria to ventricle
What does bundle of his do?
Only site were conduction signals can travel from atria to ventricle
What does bundle branches do?
Conduction of signals through IV septum left and right against split to each ventricle
What does a EKG do?
A graph representation of the electrical activity of the heart
Function of P wave
Atrial depolarization
Function of QRS complex
Ventricle depolarization ( atrial depolarization )
T wave
Ventricle depolarization