sinoatrial node

noun

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Each heartbeat starts with an electrical impulse fired by a cluster of cells (called the sinoatrial node) in the right atrium. Christopher Lee, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2024 One wire rests near the sinoatrial node, and the second in one of the heart’s ventricles. Virginia Singla, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023 The heart’s pulse rate can be higher than this number if the sinoatrial node initiates a heartbeat naturally. Virginia Singla, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023 Of the billions of cells in the human heart, a mere 10,000 pacemaker cells---collectively called the sinoatrial node---are responsible for sending the electrical pulse through the remaining heart cells. Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2012

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First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sinoatrial node was in 1913

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Medical Definition

sinoatrial node

noun
: a small mass of tissue that is made up of Purkinje fibers, ganglion cells, and nerve fibers, that is embedded in the musculature of the right atrium of higher vertebrates, and that originates the impulses stimulating the heartbeat

called also S-A node, sinus node

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