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Section 6

Electricity in the World

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Humans and Electric Hazards

The hazards from electricity can be categorized into thermal and shock hazards.

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Nerve Conduction and Electrocardiograms

Voltage pulses along a cell membrane, called action potentials, allow us to sense the world, control parts of our body, and think.

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Electric Activity in the Heart

Electric energy stimulating the heart occurs in the sinoatrial node, the heart's pacemaker, and is transmitted partially by Perkinje fibers.

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