| Name: | ventricular myocardium |
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| Definition: | Muscular layer of the cardiac ventricle composed of a compact myocardial layer surrounding the trabecular layer. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005061] |
| Name: | action potential |
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| Definition: | A process in which membrane potential cycles through a depolarizing spike, triggered in response to depolarization above some threshold, followed by repolarization. This cycle is driven by the flow of ions through various voltage gated channels with different thresholds and ion specificities. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0001508] QuickGO AmiGO |