EKG Vocab

Front

This structure of the conduction system is the pacemaker.

Back

SA node

Front

Structure responsible for ventricle muscle contraction.

Back

Purkinje fibers

Front

Depolarization is the contraction of a muscle.

Back

True

Front

Record of ventricular depolarization (AV node, Bundle of HIS & Purkinje fibers)

Back

QRS complex

Front

Record of ventricular repolarization.

Back

T wave

Front

Repolarization does not mean heart muscle contraction.

Back

False

Front

Irregular heart rhythm: asystole?

Back

False

Front

Standard speed of an EKG machine?

Back

25 mm/sec

Front

Atrial depolarization is represented by the QRS complex.

Back

False