Sentences with phrase «small electrical impulses»
The small electrical impulses normally generated by the heart are amplified 3,000 or more times and recorded by the ECG machine.
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It also helps your nerves send the small electrical impulses required for nerve function, and it contributes to blood vessel function.
To illustrate, research has discovered that changes in our skin temperature and the degree of skin conductivity of small electrical impulses (both indications of our degree of general relaxation) are correlated with emotional changes.
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Similar to a pacemaker, an ICD is a small battery - powered electrical impulse generator meant as a permanent safeguard against sudden arrhythmias.
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.
Skin cells, for example, are small and compact, while nerve cells that enable you to wiggle your toes have long, branching nerve fibers called axons that conduct electrical impulses.
A small area of special tissue in the right atrium called the sinoatrial (SA) node starts an electrical impulse (it's like the heart's spark plug) that will eventually travel down special electrical tracts (AV node, Bundle Branches, Purkinje Fibers — the heart's «wiring») within the heart and cause the heart muscle to contract (see Figure 2 below).