Cardiac Arrhythmia Criteria Quiz
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Which part of the heart has the highest rate of spontaneous diastolic depolarization?

  • AV node
  • Ventricles
  • Atria
  • SA node (correct)
  • What is responsible for the automaticity property of each cardiac cell?

  • Retrograde propagation
  • Spontaneous diastolic depolarization (correct)
  • Impulse propagation
  • Conduction system
  • In what direction does impulse propagation occur in the conducting system?

  • Both anterograde and retrograde
  • Retrograde (from ventricles to atria)
  • No specific direction
  • Anterograde (from atria to ventricles) (correct)
  • What happens if the SA node stops functioning?

    <p>Another heart cell will start heart activation at a higher rate than that of SA node</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Pathological causes such as ischemia and electrolyte disturbance could lead to:

    <p>Increase in the excitability and rate of certain heart cells resulting in automatic arrhythmia</p> Signup and view all the answers

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