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that's called the cardiac conduction system.
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It consists of several important points.
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The first is called the sinoatrial node or SA node
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and it's in the right atrium.
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The next point is the atrial ventricular node
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which sits on a fibrous substance called the septum
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which separates the atria from the ventricles.
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The heart is kind of tilted to one side,
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it's not straight up and down,
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so the atria are up here and the ventricles are down here,
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there's a septum in between and that's where this AV node sits.
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It turns out that this septum is electrically insulating