Term Name: atrioventricular node
Synonyms: A-V node, Aschoff-Tawara node, atrio-ventricular node, atrioventricular nodal muscle tissue, atriovetricular node, AV nodal muscle tissue, AV node, downstream pacemaker, node of Tawara, nodus atrioventricularis
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.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0002352]

Relationships
is part of: conducting system of heart
has parts: myocyte of atrioventricular node Purkinje myocyte of atrioventricular node
is a type of: cardiac muscle tissue of interatrial septum cardiac muscle tissue of myocardium conducting tissue of heart