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How your heart beats

July 23, 2020October 11, 2012

Medical Fellow Rishi Desai explains “heart depolariztion,” the flow of positive charge through the heart that happens every time your heart beats!

Membrane Potentials – Part 1

Membrane Potentials – Part 2

Permeability and Membrane Potentials

Action Potentials in Pacemaker Cells

Action Potentials in Cardiac Myocytes

Electrical System of the Heart

Depolarization Waves Flowing through the Heart


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