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sinus node

American  
[sahy-nuhs] / ˈsaɪ nəs /

noun

Anatomy.
  1. sinoatrial node.


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Then they zap these intruders, erecting a line of defense so my sinus node, the heart's steady pacemaker, can do its work uninterrupted.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2022

Over the course of a day, a person’s heart beats about 100,000 times, and each beat begins with an electrical signal generated in the sinus node in the heart’s upper right chamber.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2018

This is called the sinus node, or the sino-auricular node, and consists of a small bundle of fibers resembling muscle tissue.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

It has been definitely determined that the impulse to cardiac contraction originates in the sinus node, a collection of differentiated nerve cells situated at the junction of the superior vena cava with the right auricle.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall