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What is the importance of delay in the action potential in the AV node?
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At the AV node, the impulse is delayed for about 0.1s, allowing the atria to respond and complete their contraction before the ventricles contract.
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Why is an action potential is self-regenerating?
The Na+ diffusing into the axon during the first phase of the action potential creates a depolarizing current that brings the next segment, or node, of the axon to threshold.
What is the fast rising phase of the SA node action potential is due to?
opening of slow calcium channels
What is the node-to-node jumping regeneration of an action potential along a myelinated axon called?
saltatory conduction Saltatory conduction is derived from the Latin word saltare, which means leaping
Describe the path of an action potential through the conduction system?
Generally, cardiac excitation begins in the sinoatrial (SA) node. An action potential spontaneously arises in the SA node and then conducts throughout both atria via gap junctions in the intercalated discs of atrial fibers. Following the action potential, the two atria finish contracting at the same time. The action potential also reaches the atrioventricular (AV) node, located in the interatrial septum, just anterior to the opening of the coronary sinus, where the action potential slows whereby providing time for the atria to empty their blood into the ventricles. Then the action potential enters the atrioventricular (AV) bundle because it is the only site where action potentials can conduct from the atria to the ventricles. After conducting along the AV bundle, the action potential then enters both the right and left bundle branches that course through the interventricular septum toward the apex of the heart. Large-diameter Purkinje fibers rapidly conduct the action potential, first to the apex of the ventricles and then upward to the remainder of the ventricular myocardium. Then, a fraction of a second after the atria contract, the ventricles contact.
At what structure in the transmission sequence is the impulse temporarily delayed and why?
ATRIOVENTRICULAR (AV) NODE; THIS DELAY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ENSURES THAT THE ATRIA HAVE EJECTED THEIR BLOOD INTO THE VENTRICLES FIRST BEFORE THE VENTRICLES CONTRACT. as found in easy notecards .com
Which part of the heart has the longest action potential?
The AV (atrioventricular node). Electrical conduction is slowed down at this node, and half the time of each action potential is spent on getting the signal through the AV node. This delay is to allow the ventricles to fill completely with blood before they get the signal to contract.
Does atrial systole occur before or after the firing of the sinoatrial node?
The SA node makes the action potential for the heart. Atrial systole must occur after the action potential.
Conduction along a myelinated axon is called?
It is called saltatory conduction. This describes the "jumping" of an action potential from node to node on a myelinated axon.
What happens to the heart when an action potential is generated in the SA node?
it contracts
What causes the normal delay in transmission at the AV node What is the importance of this delay for cardiac function?
The delay occurs within the fibres of the AV node. It is important because it allows the atria to complete their contraction and empty their blood into the ventricles before the ventricles contract. There is a short delay (1 m/second) in transmission of the impulse to the ventricles.
What happens in the heart when an action potential is generated in the SA node?
Myocardial contraction
Which nerve shortens the conduction time of an action potential through the AV node?
vagalstimulation
What is the fast rising phase of the SA node action potential is due to?
opening of slow calcium channels
Why is an action potential is self-regenerating?
The Na+ diffusing into the axon during the first phase of the action potential creates a depolarizing current that brings the next segment, or node, of the axon to threshold.
Why is an action potential self-regenerating?
The Na+ diffusing into the axon during the first phase of the action potential creates a depolarizing current that brings the next segment, or node, of the axon to threshold.
What is the significance of the delay in transmission at the AV node in the heart?
The transmission delay at the AV node in the heart allows both ventricles to relax and be refilled by the contracting atria. After the AV node delay, the ventricles contract and force blood into the aorta (systemic circulation).
What is the node-to-node jumping regeneration of an action potential along a myelinated axon called?
saltatory conduction Saltatory conduction is derived from the Latin word saltare, which means leaping
