Introduction:
Introduction: The Cardiopulmonary Function otherwise known as the cardiovascular …show more content…
The hearts conduction system controls the propagation and continuation of electrical signals or action potentials that cause the heart muscles to contract and the heart to pump blood. Electrodes that are placed on specific points on the skin can measure this electrical activity. The is known as a electrocardiogram (ECG) that traces the overall electrical activity of the heart, resulting from the propagation of many action potentials. The ECG graph is composed of parts called P, Q, R, S, and T. The P wave is associated with depolarization. The PR segment is a flat line that indicates the signal has left the right atrium and entered the ventricles. The Q, R, S complex has to deal with the ventricular depolarization and repolarization. As the signal passes out of the ventricles, the ventricular walls begin to relax and recover. The T wave is known as the ventricular diastole. The ST segment depicts the period when the ventricles are depolarized. The QT segment interval represents the amount of time it takes for both polarization and depolarization of the ventricles to occur. All of these events just described repeat with every heartbeat. Another technique that deals with the cardiovascular system is