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Frog Heart Preparation

An isolated frog heart preparation is useful in the study of cardiac cell excitation. The small size of the frog's heart means that drugs applied to the outside of the heart will peneterate the myocardium and modify the functions of the heart's cardiac chambers. Thus, the effect of the autonomic neurotransmitter substance together with their modification by other drugs can be studied by addition of these agents to the heart....

Keywords:: healthoer, ardiac chambers, myocardium, africaoer, autonomic neurotransmitter, frog heart

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Health Sciences / Pharmacy

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Material Type:: Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 3, 2012
Date Modified in MERLOT:: June 12, 2018
Authors:: George Koffour, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Benjamin Prempeh, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Ella Kasanga, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Samuel Owusu Agyeman-Duah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Submitter:: OER Africa
Primary Audience:: College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website

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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States