BIOB33H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Resting Potential, Only Time, Italian General Confederation Of Labour

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Pacemaker potential: the action potential generated in a group of cells that start out electrical activity that spreads the entire heart and make it contract. There are artificial and endogenous pacemakers that are responsible for the heart"s rhythms and heartbeat. The cardiovascular system needs to provide oxygen and nutrients to all cells of the body and that requires a high blood pressure. However, very high blood pressure kills (takes years), whereas low blood pressure kills within minutes only. Blood pressure in the cv system to sustain blood cycle throughout the body. Cardiac output= heart rate x stroke volume. Blood pressure= co (hr x sv) x peripheral resistance. For the most part, all adjustments function to change the heart rate, stroke volume or. There is a fourth variable that is important which is the blood volume but that is a function of the kidney. So there are only three key factors controlled by the cv system.

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