Transport in Animals

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  • Created on: 15-01-13 17:44
Cardiac muscle is...
Myogenic
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Myogenic:
automatically contracts and relaxes
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The cardiac cycle is initiated by a small patch in the Right atrium:
Sino-atrial node (SAN)
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Another word for SAN:
'The Pacemaker'
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The wave spreads from the SAN to its only route through a small patch of conducting fibres:
atrio-ventricular node or AVN
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the excitation spreads across the atria, after a delay of about?
0.1 seconds
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Then passing onto a bunch of conducting fibres called? running down the?
Purkyne tissue. Septum.
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Myogenic:

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automatically contracts and relaxes

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The cardiac cycle is initiated by a small patch in the Right atrium:

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Another word for SAN:

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The wave spreads from the SAN to its only route through a small patch of conducting fibres:

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