Sinoatrial (SA) node
Atrioventricular (AV) node
Atrioventricular (AV) bundle (the bundle of His)
Right & left bundle branches
Purkinje fibers
phase 4 - resting potential
phase 0 - depolarization
phase 3 - repolarization
unstable
the slow leakage of Na+ ions causes the depolarization of the membrane at the end of the resting state (phase 4)
early depolarization (1)
plateau (2) phases.
SA node
AV node/ AV bundle
Bundle branches/Purkinje fibers
60 ‐ 100 per minute (usually 70 ‐ 80 per minute),
only one that makes it’s own beat
atria - 0.5 m/sec
AV node - 0.05 m/sec
Bundle of His and bundle branches - 2 m/sec
Purkinje fibers - 4 m/sec
The impulse passes from the atria to ventricles via the atrioventricular bundle (bundle of His)
The AV bundle splits into two pathways in the interventricular septum (bundle branches)
3)The bundle branches carry the impulse toward the apex of the heart
4)The Purkinje fibers carry the impulse to the ventricular walls.
P wave - atrial depolarization
QRS complex - ventricular depolarization
T wave - ventricular repolarization