A pacemaker is a device inserted into the heart to regulate the heart beats or heart rate
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Sinoatrial node (SA node) is a small group of specialized cardiac muscle cells located in the right atrium of the heart that acts as the natural pacemaker, initiating the electrical impulses that regulate heart rhythm.
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The sinoatrial node, or SA node. This group of cells initiate the electrical impulse through the heart in a normal heart rhythm, also called a normal sinus rhythm. Impulses can begin in other areas of the heart, but this typically causes an irregular heart beat.
The group of cells responsible for adjusting the heart rate are known as the sinoatrial node (SA node) and the atrioventricular node (AV node). The SA node generates the electrical impulses that initiate each heartbeat, while the AV node delays the impulse to allow the atria to contract before the ventricles. Together, these nodes help regulate the heart rate and ensure proper coordination of heart contractions.
They Are A Special Group Of Nerve Cells. Nerve Signals From The Brain Control The Pacemaker, Making It Go Faster Or Slower When Required. Specialist cells in the heart which have autorhythmicity.
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sending out signals to make the heart muscles contract.
sending out signals to make the heart muscles contract.
The "cardiac pacemaker," a group of cells in the sinoatrial node of the right atrium of the heart, which generate regular electrical impulses causing the heart to beat. The rate of contraction is regulated up or down by nerve fibers originating from elsewhere in the body.
These cells look just like regular heart cells. But some create rhythmical impulses and they directly control the heart rate. The sinoatrial node (SA node) is a group of these cells positioned on the wall of the right atrium. Because the sinoatrial node is responsible for the rest of the heart's electrical activity, it is sometimes called the primary pacemaker. Further down into the heart at a junction between the artium and ventricles is the AV node which is called the secondary pacemaker. The last part of electrical conducting system of the heart is the Bundle of His which include left and right branches of this bundle, and the Purkinje fibers. These will also produce a spontaneous action potential at a rate of 30-40 beats per minute, if the SA and AV node both do not function.
The sinoatrial node is the small group of cardiac muscles that initiates each heart contraction.