Heart action

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• Sinoatrial (SA) node normally generates
the action potential, i.e. the electrical impulse
that initiates contraction.
• The SA node excites the right atrium (RA), travels
through Bachmann’s bundle to excite left atrium (LA).
• The impulse travels through internodal pathways in
RA to the atrioventricular (AV) node.
• From the AV node, the impulse then travels
through the bundle of His and down the bundle
branches, fibers specialized for rapid
transmission of electrical impulses, on either side
of the interventricular septum.
• Right bundle branch (RBB) depolarizes the right
ventricle (RV).
• Left bundle branch (LBB) depolarizes the left ventricle
(LV) and interventricular septum.
• Both bundle branches terminate in Purkinje
fibers, millions of small fibers projecting
throughout the myocardium.