NEETZoologyBody Fluids and Circulation
What is the structure that continues from the atrio-ventricular node (AVN) and passes through the atrio-ventricular septa to emerge on the top of the inter-ventricular septum?
Options
- ASino-atrial bundle
- BAtrio-ventricular bundle
- CVentricular bundle
- DInter-atrial bundle
Correct answer
B. Atrio-ventricular bundle
Step-by-step solution
The entire heart is made of cardiac muscles. The walls of ventricles are much thicker than that of the atria. A specialised cardiac musculature called the nodal tissue is also distributed in the heart. A patch of this tissue is present in the right upper corner of the right atrium called the sino-atrial node (SAN). Another mass of this tissue is seen in the lower left corner of the right atrium close to the atrio-ventricular septum called the atrio-ventricular node (AVN). A bundle of nodal fibres, atrioventricular