Automatism
Automatism (Greek automates - spontaneous, self-acting) - the ability of individual cells, tissues or organs to rhythmic activity in the absence of obvious connections with external incentives:
- Heterotopic automatism - motor automatism of the heart. It is caused by impulses coming from the focus of excitation, which is located outside the nomotopic pacemaker;
- Heterotopic active automatism (synonym: active heterotopia) - heterotopic automatism, arising against the background of unchanged impulses, which comes from the nomotopic pacemaker;
- Heterotopic passive automatism (synonym: passive heterotopia) - heterotopic automatism, manifested with a decrease in frequency or with a complete absence of impulsation, which comes from the nomotopic pacemaker;
- Motor automatism - automatism, which is manifested by stereotyped repetitive movements;
- Nomotopic automatism - motor automatism of the heart, which is due to the activity of the nomotope pacemaker.
In medical practice, automatism is also described: outpatient (Latin ambulo - to walk), affective, hypnotic, ideator (syn. Associative, ideator-mnestic), mental, speech-motor, senestopathic (syn. Sensual).
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