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Q: What happens if the brain stops sending signals to the heart?
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What happens if the brain does not work properly?

If the brain stop working,the whole system in body will stop functioning


Conscious activity is controlled by the?

Voluntary (such as walking or moving your arm up and down) and involuntary (your heart beating or your eyes blinking) actions are all controlled by the brain. These functions are carried out because receptor cells carry impulses to the brain to tell it what it must do. Then, the brain sends back signals telling the body part to complete the function. This all happens in less than a second. Pretty cool stuff.


What is the first organ to develop in the embryo?

The first organ to develop in the embryo is the heart. In a fetus, there is a brain, but it isn't fully developed and can't understand signals from the nervous system. Therefore the first functional organ would be the heart. But the first thing to start developing in a fetus is the nervous system. ( no that isn't an organ )


What is the function of the nerve cells?

The functions of the nerve cells is to carry messages around our body. To adapt to their job, they are very long and are branched at each end.Nerve cells receive, carry, and pass electrical impulses.Neurons (or nerve cells) are the smallest unit of the nervous system which send signals to the rest of the body to perform what ever function the brain wants it to; such as telling the heart to beat.


Difference between a stroke and a heart attack?

Heart attack means you have one of the blood vessels choked in your heart. This gives rise to some of the part of heart dead. In stroke you usually have the blood supply of the brain affected. That gives rise to paralysis of some part of your body, usually.

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Which brain region provides the signals that control the beating of the heart?

Brain stem


What is the function of the group of cells in the heart called the pacemaker?

sending out signals to make the heart muscles contract.


What is the function of the group of cells in the heart called pacemaker?

sending out signals to make the heart muscles contract.


While you are alive does your brain ever stop sending eletricity to your heart?

The brain does not send the electricity to the heart. The heart is myogenic which means it can contract and relax without any stimulus from the brain.


Is emotions rise from heart?

Emotions comes from your brain. It sends signals to you, and then you know what your feeling.


How long can a person live if your brain is dead from strokes but you are still breathing and your heart is still beating?

If your brain is dead you are dead. Because that is the thing sending all the signals for your body to still function. Agreeing to the above statement, you CAN live if you have a working brain stem, however you would be a vegetable state and that is never any fun.


When your alive does your brain ever stop sending electricity to your heart?

no, because your heart is specially designed to use electrical energy


Can a baby survive with no brian activity?

It's the brain that sends signals for the heart to beat etc so no.


How do EKG machine leads work?

EKG machine leads work by conducting and sending electrical signals produced by the heart to the EKG machine and allowing the machine to capture and record the signals.


What body system keeps the heart beating during sleep?

Your brain is what sends signals to your body telling it what to do. Your brain is always active, even when your sleeping


Does the heart rate change as you listen to music?

Absolutely. Well, your heart rate will speed up when you get excited so when you listen to a really good song and you get pumped, you brain sends signals to your heart. therefore it will speed your heart up, so .. really it more music over brain, brain over heart, heart over pulse. I hope that helps. =)


How is heart beat regulated during exercise?

The rate of the heart beat is regulated by the SA node (SinoAtrial Node/aka the Pacemaker). It determines how fast the heart pumps by sending electrical signals faster or slower to the rest of the heart.