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The nodes in the heart control the hearts electrical system. The nodes are known as the sinoatrial node and the atrioventricular node.
The rhythmic sequence of contractions is coordinated by the sinoatrial (SA) and atrioventricular (AV) nodes.
The "nodes" in the heart are the sinoatrial, or SA, node, which is found in the R atrium and is considered the primary pacemaker of the heart. The atrioventricular node, or AV node, is located in the right atrium just above the medial leaflet of the tricuspid valve. It allows for the electrical impulses generated in the atrium to be transmitted to the ventricles and to cause ventricular contraction.
There are a couple of different nodes in the body, and they refer to different things, but since your question is posted under cardiovascular health, you are probably referring to either lymph nodes or the heart's conduction system. Lymph nodes basically act as filters to clean the extracellular fluid before it reenters circulation, and is part of the immune system where white blood cells mature. There are also nodes like the sinoatrial node (SA) and the atrioventricular (AV) node. They are what act as pacemakers for your heart, driving the periodic electrical impulses that cause a heart beat.
the sinoatrial (SA) node is the "pacemaker" of the heart-it is the first stucture that makes up the conduction system of the heart-the system of electrical impulses that are discharged throughout the heart and cause rhythmic cardiac contractions and relaxations. impulse conduction starts in the SA node, causing the atria to contract, then goes to the atrioventricular (AV) node, the bundle of His, and then to the pukinje fibers which cause the ventricles to contract.
The sinoatrial node is the impulse-generating pacemaker of the heart located in the right atrium of the heart. In other words - it makes your heart beat.Note that if the SA node fails for some reason, other nodes are ready to take over
Questions related to which patients should have resection of regional lymph nodes have led to an intermediary procedure known as sentinel node mapping and biopsy.
The sinoatrial node, abbreviated SA node, is the natural pacemaker. The SA node is a specialized collection of cells in the right atrium that can depolarize autonomously and do so on a regular basis. It is a bundle of neurons which 'fire' an electrical impulse at regular intervals, causing the heart muscle to contract. After the sinoatrial node has fired, the electrical impulse is sent to other nodes within the heart which then fire in a sequence that produces the heart beat.Sinoatrial node, SA Node
Research at the University of Brussels in 2004, where researchers from AZ-VUB Radiotherapy Service analysed 810 patients, made clear that survival chances strongly depend on the percentage of the affected lymph nodes. Patients with less than 10% affected lymph nodes have 88% chance of survival after 5 years and 75,3% after 10 years. Patients with 11-50% affected lymph nodes: 83% after 5 years, 60,9% after 10 years. Patients with more than 50% affected lymph nodes: 58% after 5 years and 37% after 10 years. This means a statistical high significant difference of 30% between the first group and the third group regarding the chances of survival after 5 years. Source: Scientific article "The lymph node ratio as prognostic factor in node-positive breast cancer"
Lymphadenopathy is defined nodes that are abnormal in either size, consistency or number. Malignancy was found in only about 30% of patients and most cases had no findable cause.
Typically, the sentinel nodes are axillary nodes. If you are having the axillary nodes removed, the sentinal nodes will also be removed.
Anterior and posterior cervical lymph nodes.