Your heart (cardiac) conduction system sends the signal to start a heartbeat. It also sends signals that tell different parts of your heart to relax and contract (squeeze). This process of contracting and relaxing controls blood flow through your heart and to the rest of your body.
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May 8, 2022 · A network of specialized muscle cells is found in the heart's walls. These muscle cells send signals to the rest of the heart muscle causing ...
Jun 28, 2016 · The conducting system of the heart consists of cardiac muscle cells and conducting fibers (not nervous tissue) that are specialized for ...
The electrical stimulus travels down through the conduction pathways and causes the heart's ventricles to contract and pump out blood. The 2 upper chambers of ...
As the ventricles contract, the right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs where carbon dioxide is released and oxygen is absorbed, whilst the left ventricle ...
The specialized cardiomyocytes that constitute the conduction system in the human heart, initiate the electric impulse and result in rhythmic and ...
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Posted: Apr 29, 2014
Posted: Apr 29, 2014
The cardiac conduction system transmits the signals generated by the sinoatrial node – the heart's pacemaker, to cause the heart muscle to contract, ...
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