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The pace maker uses electrical impulses to regulate heart rate. It is used when the bodies own impulses from the brain are not able to do the job anymore.
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What is the device that monitors your heart beat called?
Pace Maker
Which machine is fitted in a person whose heart does not beat normally?
It is an electronic device known as a pace-maker.
How does control of the heart beat occur?
the Sino Atrial Node (SA Node) is the pace maker of the heart that receives singles from the brain.
What kind of inventions were made in 2000?
the pace maker the heart transplant dolly the sheep
Will a pace maker work with cloded arteries?
A pacemaker may increase the regularity and reliability of the heart beat. If coronary arteries are clogged, a pacemaker alone may not restore normal cardiac function.
What does a pace maker adjust the heart rate to correspond with in the body?
it adjusts the heart rate to correspond to the body's need for oxygen
What is the pace maker of the heart called?
It is a device that can be used short term externally to correct an irregular heartbeat or it can be inserted internally to control the heartbeat. It runs on batteries that have to be changed periodically through a surgical procedure.
What causes the beating of you heart?
Specialized heart muscle cells in the sino-atrial (SA) node which is located in the right atrium. These serve as the heart's "pace maker".
How do sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves affect a pacemaker?
Sympathetic nerve stimulate the pace maker. So that heart rate increases. Parasympathetic stimulation decreases the heart rate.
What can lupus disorder do to a developing child?
A woman who has lupus and is pregnant may have a child with neonatal lupus or may have a totally healthy child. Babies with neonatal lupus may have the disease resolve in a few months or they may have congenital heart block, requiring the installation of a pace maker to regulate the heart beat.
Can you measure the hearts beat by counting the contractions of the arteries?
this is true since the arteries keep the same pace with the heart.
The natural pace maker of the heart is called?
The natural pacemaker of the heart is called the sinus node. This is made up of a cluster of cells that are in the upper right part of the wall of the right atrium.
