An Action Potential Spreads Through the Atria by Gap Junctions

question 131

True/False

An action potential spreads through the atria by gap junctions, but there are no gap junctions present in the ventricles, so the impulse must be propagated throughout the ventricular myocardium by the bundle of His and Purkinje system.

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