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प्रश्न
Answer in only one sentence of the following question:
Mention the role of the pacemaker in human heart.
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उत्तर
- The Sinu-auricular (SA) node is the pacemaker of the heart.
- It generates wave of contraction which spread along the wall of atria and bring about their contraction.
- It has highest degree of rhythmicity and is the first to originate the cardiac impulses and determine the rate of heart beat.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name of the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle and give its significance.
Explain the following:
Why is the SA node called the pace-maker of the heart?
Select the odd one in the following:
Artery, Vein, Capillary, Nerve.
Choose the correct answer:
In mammals the opening of post caval in the right auricle is guarded by _________
The diagram given below represents the human heart in one phase of its activity. Study the same and then answer the question that follow:
How many valves are closed in this phase?

Given alongside is a highly diagrammatic sketch of the internal structure of the human heart:
(i) Name the parts numbered 1-11.
(ii) What is the main difference in the quality of blood contained in parts 6 and 7?
Pick out the odd one.
heart, legs, brain, kidney
______ are muscular ridges at the inner surface of ventricles.
______ externally separates ventricles from each other.
______ guards the opening of inferior vena cava.
