Tawara's node
Alternative eponyms
- Aschoff-Tawara node
- Koch’s nodes (Walter Karl Koch)
- Tawara’s bundle
Related people
The atrioventricular node which is the beginning of the auricular-ventricular bundle of His.
Description
The atrioventricular node, a small node of modified cardiac muscle that is the beginning of the auricular-ventricular bundle of His.
Bibliography
- S. Tawara:
Das Reizleitungssystem des Säugetierherzens. Eine anatomische Studie über das atrioventrikuläre Bündel und die Purkinjeschen Fäden. Mit einem Vorwort von L. Aschoff.
Jena, G. Fischer 1906.
- W. Koch, in:
Deutsche medicinische Wochenschrift, 1909, 35: 429.
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