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  2. Papillary muscle - Wikipedia

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    Papillary muscle rupture can be caused by a myocardial infarction, and dysfunction can be caused by ischemia. Rarely, blunt chest trauma can be the cause of papillary muscle rupture, resulting from the sudden deceleration or compression of the heart. [4] Complications may lead to worsening of mitral regurgitation. [5]

  3. Muscles of mastication - Wikipedia

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    The four classical muscles of mastication elevate the mandible (closing the jaw) and move it forward/backward and laterally, facilitating biting and chewing. Other muscles are responsible for opening the jaw, namely the geniohyoid , mylohyoid , and digastric muscles (the lateral pterygoid may play a role).

  4. Wandering atrial pacemaker - Wikipedia

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    The vagus nerve is a part of the parasympathetic nervous system that helps control heart rate and contractility of the heart. Through exercise, there is increased input to the heart from the vagus nerve, which causes the heart to beat at a slower rate. This is manifested by a lower resting heart rate than may be seen in the average person.

  5. What You Need to Know About Abnormal Heart Rhythm - AOL

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    An abnormal heart rhythm, also called an arrhythmia, is when your heart beats too fast, too slow, or irregularly. Here’s everything you need to know. An abnormal heart rhythm, also called an ...

  6. Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling - Wikipedia

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    Firstly, it binds to the intracellular side of the DHPR, signalling the channels to close and preventing further influx of Ca 2+ into the cell. Secondly Ca 2+ indirectly activates proteins, called myofilaments, resulting in muscle contraction. The two main myofilaments in cardiac (and skeletal) muscle are actin and myosin.

  7. Cardiac action potential - Wikipedia

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    The action potential passes along the cell membrane causing the cell to contract, therefore the activity of the sinoatrial node results in a resting heart rate of roughly 60–100 beats per minute. All cardiac muscle cells are electrically linked to one another, by intercalated discs which allow the action potential to pass from one cell to the ...

  8. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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    Rapid and irregular heart rates may be perceived as the sensation of the heart beating too fast, irregularly, or skipping beats (palpitations) or exercise intolerance and occasionally may produce anginal chest pain (if the high heart rate causes the heart's demand for oxygen to increase beyond the supply of available oxygen).

  9. Junctional rhythm - Wikipedia

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    When this happens, the heart's atrioventricular node or bundle of His can take over as the pacemaker, starting the electrical signal that causes the heart to beat. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Depending on where the rhythm originates in the AV node, the atria can contract before ventricular contraction due to retrograde conduction , during ventricular ...