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system of the
heart
Dr. Niranjan Murthy
HL
Asst Prof of
Physiology
SSMC, Tumkur
• Two types of muscle fibers-
contractile and conducting
• Contractile fibers in atria and
ventricles- form two functional
syncytia due to presence of gap
junctions
• Conducting system includes SA
Node, internodal tracts, AV Node,
Bundle of His, Bundle branches and
purkinje fibers
• Conducting system has-
• i) less cross-striations
• ii) less glycogen
The Conduction System
• Conduction system
– Specialized electrical (pacemaker) cells in the
heart arranged in a system of pathways
• Initiates
electrical
impulses at a
rate of 60 to
100 beats/min
• Normally the
primary
pacemaker of
the heart
• Small, flattened, ellipsoid strip of
specialized muscle
• Size- 3 x 15 x 1mm
• Situation- superior lateral wall of
right atrium below and lateral to
opening of superior venacava
• Pacemaker of heart
• P cells- primitive cells- pale- rhythm
generators
Atria
• Velocity of conduction-
0.05m/sec
AV Node
Bundle of His
Purkinje fibers
0.09 0.22
0.00
0.19
0.03 0.16 0.21
0.18
0
0.19.17
0.18
0.21
0.20
CONDUCTION RATES
TISSUE m/sec
AV Node 0.05
• 1) Nervous stimulation
• 2) Hormones
• 3) Drugs
• 4) Ions
• 5) temperature