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Why do we call our heart myogenic?

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Human heart works by the cardiac mucles without nervous stimulation. This type of heart is known as myogenic heart (myo-muscle, genic-originating). Heart beat is initiated from the sino-atrial or SA node, situated on the wall of the right auricle.
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