Electric Signals in the Heart and the Nerves
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Electronic Signals in the Heart and the Nerves
The heart and nerves in the human body are organs of the circulatory and nervous system, respectively, of which they contribute to the proper body functioning of the human body. Although each organ belongs to different organ systems, the heart and nerves in the body share its similarities as well as differences. One important function that both the heart and nerves share is the ability of each to generate and transmit electric signals that stimulates movement and functioning inside the body, particularly in the brain's thought processes.
The activity of electric signal transmission in the heart and the nerves are two different processes, although they both share the aspect of being a step-like, or pathway process. This means that both the heart and nerves undergo a 'domino effect'-like...
Inside the body, the heart functions in a domino-effect-like manner because of the different pathways the electronic signal from the heart has to go through in order to keep the human body functioning. These pathways start from the sinoatrial or SA node, also commonly known as the "heart pacemaker." After passing through the SA node, the electric signal is transmitted to the following 'passageways' in the heart's structure: the atria- atrioventricular conduction system- AV (atrioventricular) node- bundle of His- ventricles- Purkinje fibers.
The enumerated pathways are also similar to the passageways that nerves' electric signals have to pass through. In the same manner that the heart is able to pass through different passageways within its 'structure,' nerves…
