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Physiology Cardiovascular system a3cd7680

Cardiac muscles action potential at plateau is due to

A
Influx of Na
B
Efflux of K
C
Influx of ca
D
Influx of cl
High-Yield Explanation
Ca2+ influx through more slowly opening Ca2+ channels (the Ca2+ current, ICA) produces the plateau phaseRepolarization is due to net K+ efflux through multiple types of K+ channelsThe initial depolarization is due to Na+ influx through rapidly opening Na+ channels Ref: Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology Twenty-Third Edition pg:491

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