Both Older Tricyclics and Newer Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Have Been

question 16

True/False

Both older tricyclics and newer serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been shown to be highly successful in the long-term treatment of bulimia.

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Definitions:

Ventricular Repolarization

is the process of restoring the heart's ventricles to their resting state after contraction, depicted as the T wave on an ECG.

Cardiac Cycle

The sequence of events that occur in the heart during one heartbeat, including systole and diastole phases.

AV Bundle

The bundle of His, a collection of heart muscle cells specialized for electrical conduction that transmits the electrical impulses from the AV node to the point of the apex of the fascicular branches.

Bundle Branches

Pathways in the heart's electrical conduction system that transmit impulses from the AV node to the ventricles, ensuring coordinated heartbeats.