Physiology of the heart
Brief overview of the cardiovascular system and the parts of the cardiovascular system. Describes the flow of blood through the heart and the cellular anatomy of the heart. Goes over the cardiac cycle, and alternating periods of systole and diastole. Steps of the pacemaker potential, action potentials of the contractile myocardium, properties of the heart muscles and electrocardiography, how to read ECGs and to identify abnormal ECGs.
Written for
- Institution
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Southern Utah University
- Course
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Biology
Document information
- Uploaded on
- March 23, 2023
- Number of pages
- 10
- Written in
- 2022/2023
- Type
- Class notes
- Professor(s)
- Professor harrington
- Contains
- All classes
Subjects
- cardiovascular system
- systole
- diastole
- pacemakers
- electrocardiography
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parts of the cardiovascular system
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cellular anatomy of the heart
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characteristics of cardiac muscle