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What if your brain is not working and your heart is?

Your wouldn't be beating for long without your brain keeping the beating at a rhythmic pace and anyway you'd be brain dead


Does the SA node set the pace for the whole heart?

yes it does.


What Cells that set the pace for the beating of the heart as a whole are also called?

Pacemaker cells, also known as the sinoatrial (SA) node, are specialized cells in the heart that generate electrical impulses to regulate its rhythm. These cells initiate each heartbeat and set the pace for the entire heart.


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".


What portion of the heart organ is composed of self-exciting tissue?

# Cardiac muscle tissues such as the sinoatrial node are self exciting. This is because they do not rely on any outside resources to stimulate the heart. This is what gives the heart the pace making rhythm and keeps the heart beating.


What is the function of the peacemaker?

a small group of cardiac muscle cells that "set the pace" for the heart as a whole and they begin each contractions.


What is the function of your natural pacemaker?

The contraction of heart (cardiac) muscle in all animals with hearts is initiated by chemical impulses. The rate at which these impulses fire controls the heart rate. The cells that create these rhythmical impulses are called pacemaker cells, and they directly control the heart rate.


List to reasons why the heart beats faster when not exercising?

1. You are moving at a fast pace so your whole body needs oxygen faster.


What is a good run pace 1 mile?

it depends on 1:how fast the person can keep the same pace or 2: is that a fast pace usually a normal person could jog a slow mile without stopping but it depends u no when u have a good pace when i can run and u can hear ur heart beating a little faster then it should and u dont get tired when u hit that pace then work up 4rm there


What does a ventricular pacemaker do to initiate a heartbeat?

The SA node (Sinoatrial node) sets the pace for the heart as a whole because no other region of the conduction system or the myocardium has a faster depolarization rate. For this reason, it is the heart's pacemaker.


The rate and pace of the heart is set by what?

The rate and pace of the heart are set by the SA node. There are backup systems in place if the SA node fails to do its job.


What pace is a rabbits heart?

Four times faster than a human's heart.