Which of the Following Statements Are True of the Cardiac

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements are true of the cardiac conduction pathway and electrical activity of the myocardium? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

• A)The electrical events along the pathway are triggered by the mechanical events of the chambers.
• B)The AV node depolarizes most rapidly.
• C)The heart's natural pacemaker is the sinoatrial (SA)node.
• D)The right and left bundle branches are in the interatrial septum.
• E)Purkinje fibers are in the walls of the ventricles.
• F)The AV bundle (of His)has a slower natural rate of contraction than does the AV nodE.
• G)Electrical impulses spread rapidly from cell to cell because of the presence of intercalated discs.
• H)The sarcomeres of the myocardium contain the contracting proteins myoglobin and actin.

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