Term Name: sinoatrial node
Synonyms: cardiac pacemaker, Koch's node, node of Keith-Flack, nodus sinuatrialis, SA nodal muscle tissue, SA node, sinoatrial node, sinu-atrial node, sinuatrial nodal muscle tissue, sinuatrial node, sinus node, sinus node of Keith and Flack
Definition: The part of the cardiac conduction system that controls the timing of heart muscle contraction. It relays electrical signals to the AV node[GO]. Subdivision of conducting system of heart at the junction of the right atrium and the superior vena cava, around the sinoatrial nodal branch of right coronary artery and is continuous with the internodal tract[FMA].
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0002351]

Relationships
is part of: conducting system of heart
has parts: cardiac pacemaker cell of sinoatrial node myocyte of sinoatrial node transitional myocyte of sinoatrial node
is a type of: cardiac muscle tissue of myocardium conducting tissue of heart