Autorhythmicity is a unique feature of cardiac pacemaker cells. What feature of cardiac pacemaker cells allows them to be autorhythmic while other cardiac cells are not?
18. The Heart
Cardiac Action Potentials
18. The Heart
Cardiac Action Potentials
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Calcium ion channels open in response to changes in membrane potential. What type of opening mechanism do calcium ion channels in cardiac muscle exhibit?
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How would you expect the absolute refractory period of a contractile cell to change if more potassium channels opened sooner after polarization?
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Cardiac contractile tissue uses sodium, calcium, and potassium channels for depolarization and repolarization. During which phase of the action potential is the calcium channel open?
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The movement of ions in opposite directions at the same time is responsible for which of the following?
1184views17rank - Scelta multiplaThe noncontractile cardiac muscle cells that initiate their own depolarization and cause depolarization of the rest of the heart are called __________.1832views2rank