Atrioventricular node

System Cardiovascular
SNOMED CT 277688002

Atrioventricular node

Definition

An area of conducting tissue between the atria and the ventricles of the heart that conducts the normal electrical impulse from the atria to the ventricles.

Also known as Aschoff-Tawara node, atrioventricular nodal muscle tissue, AV nodal muscle tissue, AV node, node of Tawara, nodus atrioventricularis — per UBERON

The Atrioventricular node is a part of the Cardiovascular.

Also identified as