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Advanced ECG Glossary Quiz 1

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Flow of electric current through abnormal pathways.   Aberration  
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Normal (downward) directional flow of electrical impulse conduction through the heart.   Antegrade  
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Any abnormality within the heart's electrical conduction system, causing deviations from normal rate, rhythm, or time intervals.   Arrhythmia / Dysrhythmia  
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Erratic activity recorded on the electrocardiogram caused by electrical interference.   Artifact  
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Absence of all electrical activity occurring within the heart, literally, without systole, or contraction. Death of the heart.   Asystole  
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The two upper contractile chambers of the heart.   Atria  
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Erratic, uncoordinated activity of the atrial muscle fibers, with no effective contractions; P waves are unidentifiable.   Atrial fibrillation  
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Rapid depolarization of the atria thought to be the result of two or three ectopic foci discharging independently, giving sawtooth appearance of the P waves.   Atrial flutter  
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Rapid heart rate inexcess of 150 beats/minute resulting from ectopic foci within the atria, producing rapid ventricular response.   Atrial tachycardia  
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Varying degrees of conduction delay or obstruction within the AV node.   Atrioventricular block  
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The atria are being paced by a sinoatrial impulse, and another site, usually within the AV node, is sending additional regular impulses to the ventricles.   Atrioventricular dissociation  
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Specialized group of conductive tissues located at the base of the atrial septum just above the ventricular septum.   Atrioventricular junction (Node)  
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A common characteristic of all cardiac muscle that gives each muscle fiber the capability to act as an origin of impulse.   Automaticity  
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A recurring pattern of cardiac contractions in which there is an abnormal complex following each normal complex.   Bigeminy  
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Referring to the positive and negative deflection of components of the P-QRS-T complex. Wave is recorded both above and below the isoelectric line.   Biphasic  
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The prevention or delay of any impulse transmission through the normal pathways of the cardiac electrical conduction system.   Block  
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Slowing of the heart rate below the defined inherent rates of contraction.   Bradycardia  
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Divisions of conductive fibers located within the ventricular suptum   Bundle branches  
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Also referred to as a common bundle, extendes down from the AV node and divided into the right and left bundle branches   Bundle of his  
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