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Known as the Pacemaker of the Heart and Found in the Posterior

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Known as the pacemaker of the heart and found in the posterior, superior wall of the right atrium.


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PKU

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Mental Retardation

An outdated and offensive term formerly used to describe a condition of below-average cognitive ability present from birth or early infancy, now more appropriately referred to as intellectual disability.

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