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SA node, cardiac pacemaker, pacemaker, sinoatrial node
a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
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papillary muscle
any of several muscles associated with the atrioventricular valves
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atrioventricular bundle, atrioventricular trunk, bundle of His, truncus atrioventricularis
a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
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atrioventricular node
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
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myocardium
the middle muscular layer of the heart wall
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Purkinje fiber
a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network
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Purkinje network, Purkinje's system, Purkinje's tissue
a network of Purkinje fibers that carry the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles of the heart and causes them to contract
