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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA single heart cell has its own beating heart
or at least its own rhythm..
As I understand it: each heart cell has its own beat, when it stands alone.
It may be that each heart cell's rhythm is as unique as a snowflake or
human fingerprint. I have been quite taken by them, since I first saw
one beating. Uniqueness flourishes down to the smallest particle, I'm
sure, even if it can't yet be measured.
So... (correct me if I am wrong) As a part of a working heart, this
multitude of cells synchronize their rhythm with all the others, to
create one heartbeat. Our heartbeat is really made up of a zillion tiny
heartbeats. They synchronize like an orchestra would, and beat as one.
Astounding teamwork.
There may be rogue cells, of course, trouble makers. Don't want
to conform... would rather kill the host.
Ooh here's a video:
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,611 posts)I'm not sure what part of the heart muscle we're seeing in the second video, though...
Still, very cool.
Thank you!
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)harun55
(18 posts)Nice post and very interesting fact and in my opinion only few people know this except doctors.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)that coordinate it and one area in particuat that starts each beat.
Fuzzy from the how the heart works in the day.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)...why the heartbreak of psoriasis hurts so much!
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)A 1970's-era skin product commercial used what became a classic advertising line, Do you suffer from the heartbreak of psoriasis? The term even became the title of a musical starring Divine:
guitar man
(15,996 posts)"There may be rogue cells, of course, trouble makers. Don't want
to conform... "
They're called "drummers"
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)don't want to work for the good of the whole,
would rather go rogue
mavericky cells, right-winged cells.. like that.