Sentences with phrase «generates electrical impulses»

The hairs in turn generate electrical impulses that somehow stimulate glands in the trap to produce jasmonic acid — the same signal that noncarnivorous plants use to initiate defensive action against herbivores.

Ionic minerals are an essential part in this process, as the body relies on them to conduct and generate electrical impulses.

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Electromagnetic waves travel over vast distances, so perhaps there is some way the electrical impulses that generate thoughts could be transmitted from one person to another.

After the vaccine is injected under the skin, electrical impulses are generated, producing small holes in cells, allowing the DNA to enter and initiate the immune response.

His work did lead to the discovery of electrical impulses in nerve tissue — all living things generate a kind of electricity throughout the body — especially the brain.

Every moment of every day your dog relies on ionic minerals and trace minerals to generate billions of tiny electrical impulses.

Since these electrical impulses are generated in the neurons and are sent straight to target organs, the abnormal, uncontrollable, and uncoordinated firing of nerve impulses can be readily seen in the said organs.

Ventricular tachycardia is an arrhythmia that is caused by abnormal electrical impulses that are generated somewhere within the ventricles of the heart.

The small electrical impulses normally generated by the heart are amplified 3,000 or more times and recorded by the ECG machine.

These serve to generate and transmit a coordinated electrical impulse that first stimulates the atria and then stimulates the ventricles thus causing the muscle cells in these chambers to contract resulting in pumping of the chambers.

This medical test determines if a dog's neurological pathway is intact through use of electrical impulses generated by the ear upon receiving sound waves.

The strong heartbeats generated by these regular electrical impulses create the rhythm and force necessary to pump blood throughout the body.

In this disease, the heart's electrical impulse - generating sites (called sinuses) fail to function normally.