conduction system

  • 1Conduction system, cardiac — The electrical conduction system that controls the heart rate. This system generates electrical impulses and conducts them throughout the muscle of the heart, stimulating the heart to contract and pump blood. Among the major elements in the… …

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  • 2Electrical conduction system of the heart — Isolated conduction system of the heart …

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  • 3Cardiac conduction system — The electrical conduction system that controls the heart rate. This system generates electrical impulses and conducts them throughout the muscle of the heart, stimulating the heart to contract and pump blood. Among the major elements in the… …

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  • 4Heart conduction system — The electrical conduction system that controls the heart rate. This system generates electrical impulses and conducts them throughout the muscle of the heart, stimulating the heart to contract and pump blood. Among the major elements in the… …

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  • 5System, cardiac conduction — The electrical conduction system that controls the heart rate. This system generates electrical impulses and conducts them throughout the muscle of the heart, stimulating the heart to contract and pump blood. Among the major elements in the… …

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  • 6System, autonomic nervous — Part of the nervous system that was once thought to be functionally independent of the brain. The autonomic nervous system regulates key functions of the body including the activity of the heart muscle (see below), the smooth muscles (e.g., the… …

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  • 7Conduction aphasia — Classification and external resources Broca s area and Wernicke s area MeSH …

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  • 8conduction — 1. The act of transmitting or conveying certain forms of energy, such as heat, sound, or electricity, from one point to another, without evident movement in the conducting body. 2. The transmission of stimuli of various sorts by living protoplasm …

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  • 9conduction — conductional, adj. /keuhn duk sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of conducting, as of water through a pipe. 2. Physics. a. the transfer of heat between two parts of a stationary system, caused by a temperature difference between the parts. b. transmission… …

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  • 10conducting system of heart — conduction system of heart, conductive system of heart complexus stimulans cordis …

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