Question

An individual’s EKG shows changes in atrial contraction. Which image shows contraction of the atria?

Answer 1

The third image is the one with the contraction of the atria.

Answer 2

The right answer is The first image (the left one).

An atrium is an upper cavity of the heart, delimited by a thin wall, receiving blood from the bloodstream. There are two in the human heart, they allow the passage of blood from the veins (cellars and lungs) to the ventricles (right and left).

In its upper part (near the entrance of the superior vena cava) is located the sinus node, microscopic structure from which the electrical impulse which ensures the contraction of the heart (especially atrium) ...

The depolarization of the action potential is conducted step by step in the cells of the right and left atria, accompanied by a contraction of the muscle fibers.