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Sinoatrial Node

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Noun

1. cardiac pacemaker, pacemaker, sa node, sinoatrial node

a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sinoatrial Node

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pacemaker (sense 2) pacemaker (sense 2a)
: sometimes called ˌsinoauˈricular node (ˌsaɪnoʊɔˈrɪkjələr ; sīˌnōôrikˈyələr)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sinoatrial Node

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n.
A small mass of specialized cardiac muscle fibers located in the posterior wall of the right atrium of the heart that acts as a pacemaker by generating at regular intervals the electric impulses of the heartbeat. Also called sinoauricular node, sinus node.

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