BIOL 215 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ion, Postganglionic Nerve Fibers, Stroke Volume

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Gap junctions connect myocardial cells (heart outer wall cells) Excitation of one cell spreads to all others. The initial depolarization starts in the sinoatrial node (sa), a small group of conducting-system cells (at the top of the right atrium) Ap in sa atrium (left and right) ventricle (left and right) The ap is conducted from the sa to the atrioventricular node (av) (at the base of the right atrium) through internodal pathways. The propagation of the ap through the av node is slower, which allows atrial contraction to be completed first. Av connected to bundle of his connected to purkinje fibers which depolarization goes down. Cardiac ap and excitation of the sa node. The resting membrane potential is much more permeable to k+ than na+, so it"s close to -90mv. Diff from others because immediate repolarization does not occur. Does not have a steady resting potential but undergoes a slow depolarization (called pacemaker potential) reduction in permeability to k+

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