ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("atrioventricular node" is a kind of...):

cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)

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