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What is the AV node?
The AV node is the atrio-ventricular node, which assists in regulating the heartbeat (along with the SA or sino-atrial node).
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What does the AV node do?
It triggers the contraction of the ventricles (ventricular systole) during the cardiac cycle. The impulse races down the septum in the bundle of His, then reaches the cardiac muscle cells via the...
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What are the SA node and AV node?
The Sinoatrial (SA) node and the Atrioventricular (AV) node are both extremely important in the conduction events of the heart. The Sinoatrial node displays pacemaker activity - that is, it...
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What depolarizes next after the av node?
The AV Bundle
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The AV node is located?
As the name suggests, (atrioventricular node) it is located between the atrium and ventricle or the top and bottom chamber of one side of the heart.