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Conduction in Heart

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Impulse for heart contraction is generated in

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SA node

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AV node

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Bundle of His

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Purkinje fibre

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Solution

The correct option is B SA node
The SA node is a mass of nodal tissue present in the upper right side of right atrium which is responsible for the generation of the heartbeat. Thus, human heart beat is muscular in origin.
So, the correct answer is option A.

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