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Nerve Supply to the Heart / SA & AV Nodes / EKG

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Electrocardiogram (ECG or <strong>EKG</strong>)<br />

• composite of all action potentials of nodal and<br />

myocardial cells<br />

• detected, amplified and recorded by electrodes on<br />

arms, legs and chest<br />

0.8 second<br />

R<br />

R<br />

+1<br />

Millivolts<br />

0<br />

P wave<br />

T wave<br />

PQ<br />

segment<br />

ST<br />

segment<br />

PR<br />

interval<br />

Q<br />

S<br />

QT<br />

interval<br />

QRS interval<br />

–1<br />

Atria<br />

contract<br />

Ventricles<br />

contract<br />

Atria<br />

contract<br />

Ventricles<br />

contract

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