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atrioventricular node
a small mass of muscular fibers at the base of the wall between the atria, conducting impulses received from the sinoatrial node by way of the atrioventricular bundles and, under certain conditions, functioning for the sinoatrial node as pacemaker of the heart. Abbreviation: A-V node. -
a-v node
atrioventricular node. -
ascending node
the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the north (opposed to descending node). -
descending node
the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the south (opposed to ascending node). -
joint
the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture. -
knot
either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.