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- 4. resting membrane potential in cardiac muscle
- 7. what ion is responsible for the plateau in cardiac muscle AP?
- 11. primary ion responsible for AP in a pacemaker cell
- 12. location of pacemaker
- 13. muscular wall of the heart
- 15. ______ cells: capable of forming action potentials
- 16. T/F Ca+ binds to Troponin in cardiac excitation-contraction coupling.
- 17. the duration of the action potential is the _____ as the duration of its contraction.
- 18. T/F Cardiac muscles can have tetanization?
- 19. covers the outer surface of the heart; aka visceral pericardium
- 20. normal pacemaker of the heart
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- 1. _____ channels participate in spontaneous depolarization of the pacemaker
- 2. mitochondria make up __% of cytoplasm volume in cardiac fibers
- 3. ________ cells: contracting heart cells; striated; conduct impulse; atrial and ventricular muscle
- 5. compartment in the thoracic cavity that holds the heart
- 6. pacemaker Na channels; close during AP
- 8. serous membrane forms the outer wall of the heart cavity sac
- 9. covers the inner surface of the heart
- 10. the myocardium is interconnected by _________ which allow AP to travel easily
- 14. ________ cells: conduct action potentials through the heart; create excitatory system that controls rhythmical beating
- 17. Atrial cells have ______ action potentials than ventricular cells.