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The cardiovascular system is a closed system of the heart and blood vessels.

The heart pumps blood


through a closed system of blood vessels. Blood vessels allow blood to circulate to all parts of the body.
The arteries, usually red in color because they are oxygenated, carry blood from the heart to the
capillaries within the tissue. Veins, usually blue in color because they have little oxygen, carry blood
from capillaries to the heart. Capillaries are the smallest vessels in tissue in which gas exchange takes
place. The function of the cardiovascular system is to supply oxygen and nutrients to the body tissues
and to remove carbon dioxide and waste products. The vital importance of the heart is evident.
Cardiovascular system tackles the important job of the heart and its needs of energy and oxygen to
function. The heart is a pump made up of muscle tissue. Like all muscle, the heart needs a source of
energy and oxygen to function. The heart's pumping action is regulated by an electrical conduction
system that coordinates the contraction of the various chambers of the heart. The conduction system of
the heart is the electrical pathway of the heart that leads to atria and ventricular contraction. The
conduction system consists of pacemaker cells that generate spontaneous action potentials and then
transmit these impulses throughout the heart. The conduction system of the heart includes the
following structures, in sequence, the SA node, the AV node, the bundle of His, bundle branches, and
Purkinje fibers. During the sinus rhythm in the electrical conduction, there is a presence of the cardiac
action potential. The cardiac action potential begins in the sinus node, which is located high in the right
atrium. Its cells spontaneously depolarize and initiate spontaneous depolarization of action potentials at
a regular rate from the sinus node. This rate depends on various conditions, such as atrial dilation and
sympathetic activation, but it is usually between 60 and 100 beats per minute (bpm) at rest. Myocytes
are electrically coupled to each other via gap junctions. These structures consist of connexin molecules
and allow direct intercellular communication. How these cardiac muscles do helps blood circulation?
Heart muscle tissue is found only in your heart, where it performs coordinated contractions that allow
your heart to pump blood through your circulatory system. The heart muscle tissue ensures that your
heart pumps through involuntary movements. This is a feature that distinguishes it from skeletal muscle
tissue that it can control.

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