Cardiac conduction system
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cardiac-conduction-system-255-8473365
title:
Cardiac conduction system
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The cardiac conduction system transmits the signals generated by the sinoatrial node – the heart's pacemaker, to cause the heart muscle to contract, and pump blood through the body's circulatory system. The pacemaking signal travels through the right atrium to the atrioventricular node, along the bundle of His, and through the bundle branches to Purkinje fibers in the walls of the ventricles. The Purkinje fibers transmit the signals more rapidly to stimulate contraction of the ventricles. The co
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Aspect of heart function
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_conduction_system
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2024-01-30T02:31:17Z
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