Action of the heart

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What tissue produces the wave of excitation?
Sinoatrial node
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Where is the SAN?
In the right atrium
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The wave of excitation from the SAN causes what?
The atria walls to contract
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Where are the annulus fibres?
Between the ventricle and the atrium
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What are annulus fibres non-conducting for?
To prevent excitation passing directly from atria to ventrilces
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What is the conducting tissue between the atrium and the ventricle?
Atrioventricular node
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What occurs between the AVN passing on the wave of depolarisation to the bundle of his?
A slight delay of 0.1s
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Where is the bundle of His?
Septum
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What is the function of the bundle of His?
Ensures atria have stopped contracting before the ventricles start
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When the bundle of His divides into 2, where does it carry the wave of excitation?
Into the Purkyne tissue
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What is purkyne tissue made from?
Conducting fibres
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Where does the purkyne tissue penetrate?
The septum and the ventricle walls
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What happens as the wave travels through the purkyne tissue?
Ventricle walls contract from the apex up, squeezing blood out of the heart
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Where is the SAN?

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In the right atrium

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The wave of excitation from the SAN causes what?

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Where are the annulus fibres?

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What are annulus fibres non-conducting for?

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