atrioventricular node

Synonyms:
  • AV node
German: Atrioventrikularknoten
Japanese: 房室結節

Anatomy. A node of specialized heart muscle at the bottom of the right atrium. It is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system. The AV node receives impulses from the sinoatrial node and transmits them to the ventricles.

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