Heart Vocabulary

A medical device that generates electrical pulses delivered by electrodes

When the heart beats too slowly, too fast, or in an irregular rhythm

A component of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary physiologic processes

Generates impulses for the contractions of the heart, and ensuring coordinates blood flow

Slow heart rate

Controls the heartbeat and is made up of several parts that tell the ventricular muscle when to contract

An elongated segment connecting the AV Node and the left and right bundle branches of the septal crest

The implantation of an embryo outside of the uterine cavity most commonly found in the fallopian tube

Records the electrical signal from the heart to check for different heart conditions

The rhythm of a healthy heart

Specialized conducting fibers composed of electrically excitable cells

Generates an electrical signal that causes the upper heart chambers to contract

Fast Heart Rate

A type of arrythmia, or irregular heartbeat, that affects your hearts ventricles