Whenever I hear ‘electrical signals’ in terms of the heart’s function, I get completely lost. Is this actual electricity or just a term for brain signals? Or are brain signals electrical? Thanks
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Nerve impulses, what you are calling “brain signals”, are electrical but very different from the electricity you’re used to. They are like electrical chain reactions, powered by moving ions. Almost like a long chain of batteries hooked together, each causing the next one to connect.
The result does include moving electricity, it just isn’t as simple as connecting a battery to a long wire.
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