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atrioventricular node

DEFINITIONS OF: atrioventricular node

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n a node of specialized heart muscle located in the septal wall of the right atrium; receives impulses from the sinoatrial node and transmits them to atrioventricular bundle

Type of:
cardiac muscle, heart muscle
the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction
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