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What sends electric currents to the heart causing it to beat at a steady pace?
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∙ 13y ago
The "cardiac pacemaker," a group of cells in the sinoatrial node of the right atrium of the heart, which generate regular electrical impulses causing the heart to beat. The rate of contraction is regulated up or down by nerve fibers originating from elsewhere in the body.
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What do the electric charges of electrolytes in minerals help maintain?
Electric currents that keep your heart beating
How do you find steady state heart rate?
To find steady state heart rate, subtract your age from 180, that's steady state. For example, 25 year old's steady state would be 155. This isn't 100% accurate, the best way would be to use lactate samples; however, this is the most practical.
Does the heart have electromagnetic energy?
Not really, but there are electric impulses that control the heart muscles so something electric is happening...
What instrument is used to detect electrical currents from the heart?
EKG (electro cardiogram).
What causes electric shock.voltage or current?
Due to current.... .....but without voltage, you will not have current.... Ohms law states Voltage = resistance * current. To state "current causes shocks", implying it has nothing to do with voltage (or vice versa) is simplicitic and inaccurate.
What do the electric charges of electrolytes in minerals help maintain?
Electric currents that keep your heart beating
Do Electric shocks cause death?
Electric shocks can paralyze the respiratory system or disrupt heart action, causing instant death
What is the medical term meaning inability of heart to maintain a steady beat?
Arrhythmia is lack of a steady heart beat.
Why have a pacemaker implanted?
When a heart starts fluttering or spasming instead of beating normally, a pacemaker emits a DC electric pulse through the heart, causing it to beat normally again.
What is a steady heart rate during exercise?
89
What is the inability of the heart to maintain a steady beat?
Arrhythmia
Why is mains electricity dangerous?
because your body is controlled by electric impulses that are far weaker. Mains power can knock your bodys signals out, causing your heart to stop pumping.
What device keeps the heart at a good steady pace?
computer
How has energy saved lives?
When doctors use a heart defibrillator it sends energy currents through the body and helps restore a normal heart rate or will send currents to the heart to get it working again thus preventing death.
What is measured by an EEG?
EEG is Electroencephalograph. In plain English - Electrical Brain wave measurer. It measures electric currents in the brain. There are various currents associated with brain activity, with Greek letter names. eg. Alpha Waves.
How do you find steady state heart rate?
To find steady state heart rate, subtract your age from 180, that's steady state. For example, 25 year old's steady state would be 155. This isn't 100% accurate, the best way would be to use lactate samples; however, this is the most practical.
What is an electricity shock and what happens?
An electric shock happens when an electric current flows through the body. It causes muscular spasm and associated pain. The severity of the shock depends on how much current there is. Currents above about 35 mA can be fatal if they reach the most sensitive muscles like the heart.
