Human Physiology
Human Physiology
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ISBN: 9781259864629
Author: Fox, Stuart Ira
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 13, Problem 9RA

Which of these statements is true?

a. The heart can produce a graded contraction.

b. The heart can produce a sustained contraction.

c. The action potentials produced at each cardiac cycle normally travel around the heart in circus rhythms.

d. All of the myocardial cells in the ventricles are normally in a refractory period at the same time.

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Human Physiology

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