INDEPTH: Coordination of the cardiac cycle 3.2.6

Question 1

What is bradycardia?

Answer 1

Slow heart rythem

Question 2

What does bradycardia on a ECG trace look like?

Answer 2

Longer distances between QRS spike

Question 3

What does the p indicate in an ECG trace?

PQRST

Answer 3

Atrial stimulation

Question 4

What does the QRS indicate in the ECG trace?

PQRST

Answer 4

ventricular stimulation

Question 5

What does the T wave indicate in the ECG trace?

PQRST

Answer 5

Diastole

Question 6

What is purkyne tissue?

Answer 6

Super conductive tissue running down the interventricular septum that allows the wave of excitation to pass down to the bottom of the ventricals and cause a contraction starting from the base.

Question 7

What is tachycardia?

Answer 7

A fast heart rate

Question 8

What is atrial fibrillation and how would it look on an ECG trace?

Answer 8

When the atrium beats faster than the ventricle

lots of P waves but not clear as no distinction from T

Question 9

What is an ectopic heart beat?

Answer 9

An early heart beat

Question 10

What is the name of the valves going from atrium to ventricle?

Answer 10

Atro-ventricular

Question 11

What is the name of the valves going from ventricle to the arteries? `

Answer 11

Semi-lunar