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When current leaps across an insulating myelin sheath from node to node the type of impulse conduction is called what?
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What are AV nodes?
AV node is biologically an inhibitor of the conduction across the atrium to ventricles. The conduction of impulse is delayed across the AV node. This buys time for the atria to contract, to be fallowed by ventricles.
What are AV nodes biologically?
AV node is biologically an inhibitor of the conduction across the atrium to ventricles. The conduction of impulse is delayed across the AV node. This buys time for the atria to contract, to be fallowed by ventricles.
What carries an impulse across a synapse to a muscle?
neurons?
How do you use 'conduction' in a sentence?
It was finally determined that moving electrons made up electric current, and copper and other metals could provide a path of conduction for that current. The copper on the bottom of the pot provided for an increased ability to support thermal conduction across the cooking surface of the vessel.
How does an impulse cross a synaptic gap between two nerve cells?
Neurotransmitters send the impulse across the synapse
On which direction does an impulse go across a synapse?
axon to dendrite
Why we are insulating windings of a motor alternator?
If the windings weren't insulated then there would be no reason for the current to go all the way through the wires. It would just go staright across from one terminal to the other.
Can someone help you decipher your EKG report It says sinus tachycardia borderline AV conduction delay and probable left atrial abnormality.?
sinus tachycardia = rapid heartbeat borderline av conduction delay = a slight delay in the conduction of electrical impulse from the atria, at the top of the heart, to the ventricles, at the base of the heart. The ventricles are the chambers that do the pumping of blood to the lungs and to the body. The atria are the two "collecting" chambers for the blood returning to the heart from the lungs and from the body. The electrical impulse of a heartbeat starts in the right atrium, travels across to the left atrium and down to the top of the ventricles. This causes the atria to contract and push blood through heart valves into the chambers of the heart called Ventricles. The contraction then has a slight pause as the impulse "stimulates" the atrioventricular node to pass the impulse down to the base of the right and left ventricles. When the impulse passes the AV node, the ventricles contract and push the blood out to the lungs to be oxygenated and to the body. A slight delay in the conduction of the impulse is normal but it is only a fraction of a second. Any delay in the conduction which is longer than the "normal" fraction of a second is considered an abnormal av conduction delay. Probable Left Atrial abnormality = some kind of abnormal size, shape, structure, or electrical conduction in the chamber at the top of the left side of the heart. Remember that the atria are chambers for collecting blood returning to the heart. The left atrium is the chamber for collecting blood which is returning from the lungs. This is freshly oxygenated blood. The blood travels from the lungs to the left atrium. When the atria contract, the blood is pushed from the left atrium into the left ventricle. When the ventricles contract, the blood is then pumped from the left ventricle out into the aorta (the largest artery in your body) and then on to the furthest reaches of your body.
How current flow through capacitor?
There are two types of electric current, termed 'conduction current' and 'displacement current', respectively.A 'conduction current' describes the drift of free electrons in a metal conductor. A 'displacement current' describes the polarisation of atoms in dielectrics.When an electric field is applied to a dielectric, the elliptical orbits of the electrons around each atom's nucleus become distorted, and stretch, resulting in polarised atoms. The amount of 'stretch' (polarisation) increases with the strength of the electric field. So, as the voltage across the changes so, too, does the amount of polarisation -i.e. so, too, does the displacement current.So when a capacitor is connected to an external d.c. supply, a varying conduction current drifts around the circuit conductor, while a displacement current occurs within the capacitor's dielectric. When a capacitor is connected to an external a.c. supply, a continuously varying potential difference results in a continuously changing conduction current in the metallic circuit, and a continuously changing displacement current within the capacitor's dielectric.
Why do your feet burn when you walk across the beach on a sunny day?
Conduction
What is the definition of a transistor?
A transistor is a three-terminal electronic component composed of semiconducting material such as silicon or germanium. the purpose of a transistor is to use a small signal to vary the conductivity of a piece of semiconductor. The tiny signal can switch a large current on and off. Or, the signal can be used to control a larger signal, so the transistor becomes an amplifier. In Bipolar Junction transistors the large current must pass across an extremely thin insulating layer, and the width of this insulating layer controls the current.In Field Effect Transistors the large current must pass through a narrow conductive channel with insulating layers on either side. The width of this conductive channel controls the current.See also:How_does_a_transistor_work
What do neurotransmitters do?
it can get impulses from the axons to the dendrites
