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Cardiac Action Potential Part 1: Pumping Heart Basics Video
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Video at a Glance
- In the first video of the three-part series on cardiac action potential, the learner is introduced to the electrical conduction in the heart beginning at the SA node.
- The impulse then passes through the atria and is delayed momentarily before moving through the interventricular septum.
- The cardiac action potential then moves up through the ventricular walls.
- Also included is information about the auto rhythmic cells and the anatomy and physiology of depolarization and contraction.
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