Av delay permits the ventricles to be filled to an optimal volume which is preload. so contraction will eject max amount of blood.
Av node
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.
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.
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.
The impulse is temporarily delayed at the atrioventricular (AV) node. This delay allows the atria to contract and complete the filling of the ventricles before the impulse is transmitted to them. The delay also ensures proper coordination of the heart's contractions, promoting efficient blood flow.
The impulse starts in the right atria in the sinus node, then travels through the intratrial fibers for atrial contraction, then travels down to the the av node where it is delayed, then travels down through the bundle branches to the purkinjee fibers to the ventricular myocardium for contraction.
The point in the Purkinje system where the impulse is temporarily delayed is at the atrioventricular (AV) node. This delay allows the atria to fully contract and pump blood into the ventricles before the impulse is transmitted to the ventricles, ensuring efficient blood flow through the heart.
It is supposed to be the sinus node and the conducting tissue. It includes the AV node and bundle of HIS. The sinus node generate the impulse in the heart for contraction. The AV node and bundle of HIS transmits the impulse to the ventricles.
AV node is responsible for the delayin transmission of impulse generated in the SA node.This delay of impulse transmissions is called AV nodal delay. It is about 0.09 sec.Causes of AV nodal delayi. Junctional fibres of the AV node are very small in size.ii. Prolonged refractory periodof AV node.
SA node sends an impulse for the atria to contract. AV node is then activated which contracts the ventricles.
The impulses from SA node spread through out the atrial musculature in about 0.09 seconds, and parallel to it, the impulses also reach the AV node. From AV node, after a delay of about 0.12 seconds they pass to the inter ventricular septum through the Bundle of His, which soon divides into Left and Right Bundle branch and ultimately into the Purkinje fibers which first depolarize the endocardium of the ventricles and then the rest of ventricular musculature. SA Node --> Atria, AV node --> Bundle of His --> Right & Left Bundle Branches --> Purkinje fibers
SA node, AV node, AV Bundle, Bundle branches, subedocardial branches (purkinje fibers)