Pacemaker

Key Stage 4

Meaning

This diagram shows how a pacemaker is connected to the heart.

A pacemaker is a device used to keep a persons heart beating correctly.

About Pacemakers

Pacemakers can be used for people who have had damage to their heart that has killed the Nerve tissue that would normally send the signal around the heart for it to beat.

Pacemakers take the signal from the heart's own natural pacemaker and can amplify the signal to make it stronger and bypass any nerve damage to send the signal where it needs to go.

References

AQA

Artificial; pacemakers, page 76, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA

Artificial; pacemakers, page 82, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA

References

AQA

Pacemaker, page 114, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA

Pacemaker, page 51, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 1, Hodder, AQA

Pacemaker; artificial, page 120-1, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA

Pacemaker; problems with, pages 57, 58, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 1, Hodder, AQA

Pacemakers, page 30, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA

Pacemakers, page 34, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA

Pacemakers, pages 58-59, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA

Pacemakers, pages 75, 76, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA

Pacemakers, pages 81, 82, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA