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Card 6

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What is the sino-atrial node?

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Card 7

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How many times per minute foes the SAN initiate a wave of excitation?

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Card 8

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What is thr SAN also known as?

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Card 9

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Where does the wave of excitation spread first in contracton of the atria?

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Card 10

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How does the excitation wave travel over the walls of both atria?

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Card 11

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What happens to the cells as the wave of excitation passes?

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Card 12

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What is different about the tissue at the base of the atria?

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Card 13

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Where is the atrio-ventricular node?

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Card 14

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What happens to the wave of excitation when it reaches the atrio-ventricular node?

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Card 15

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Why is the excitation wave delayed?

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