BIPN 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Calcium Atpase, Cardiac Muscle Cell, Cardiac Muscle

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As they depolarize the membrane, they shut themselves off. The t-type ca2+ channels help bring the membrane potential to threshold. Rising phase of action potential is driven by the opening of the l-type ca2+ channels. The falling phase of the ap is driven by the k+ channels (brings the potential back down) Continuous oscillation of membrane potential due to the different channels. If you take away the pacemaking cells, these cells will not spontaneously contract. Pushes ca2+ out and na+ in (ca2+ is exchanged with na+ by the ncx antiporter) Action potential has a short refractory period. There can be multiple aps that happen in rapid succession. The tension produced by these twitches can summate. Heart needs relaxation to effectively pump blood through the body. Duration of the action potential and the duration of muscle contraction are very closely matched. Impossible for the cardiac muscle cell to produce another contraction (no summation due to this long refractory period)

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