the impulses start in the SA node - the primary pacemaker of the heart, then spread though the
contractile myocytes of the atria to reach the
AV node. The AV node passes the signals onto the AV bundle, then bundle branches, Purkinje fibers, and finally the ventricular myocytes.
Myocytes from different layers of the heart wall:
the epicardium, mid-myocardium, and endocardium
exhibit different rates of repolarization, due to different ratios of ion channels. Electrical activities of the heart, as a whole, can be recorded in the form of surface electrocardiogram, ECG or EKG. An ECG is a composite recording of all the action potentials produced by the cells of the heart.