Describe the Electrical System That Controls the Heartbeat
The electrical system also is called the cardiac conduction system. Your hearts electrical system controls the rate and rhythm of your heartbeat. Electrical System Of The Heart Heart Diagram Heart Electrical Electrical System On the other hand parasympathetic innervation decreases the rhythmicity and conduction decreasing the heart rate. . The SAN is found in the top of the right atrium. The heartbeat starts in the heart itself due to the sino-atrial node SAN. The SA node and the AV node receive innervations from the autonomic nervous system for the control of heart rate. SA node sinoatrial node known as the hearts natural pacemaker. The autonomic nervous system has two parts - The sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. Your hearts electrical system is made up of three main parts. Your heart beats as a result of the generation and conduction of electrical impulses. All this acti...