Cardiac conduction system
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The cardiac conduction system (CCS, also called the electrical conduction system of the heart)[1] transmits the signals generated by the sinoatrial node – the heart's pacemaker, to cause the heart muscle to contract, and pump blood through the body's circulatory system. The pacemaking signal travels through the right atrium to the atrioventricular node, along the bundle of His, and through the bundle branches to Purkinje fibers in the walls of the ventricles. The Purkinje fibers transmit the signals more rapidly to stimulate contraction of the ventricles.[2]
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Latin | systema conducens cordis |
MeSH | D006329 |
TA98 | A12.1.06.002 |
FMA | 9476 |
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The conduction system consists of specialized heart muscle cells, situated within the myocardium.[3] There is a skeleton of fibrous tissue that surrounds the conduction system which can be seen on an ECG. Dysfunction of the conduction system can cause irregular heart rhythms including rhythms that are too fast or too slow.