The cardiac pacemaker in a patient fails to function
normally. The doctors find that an artificial
pacemaker is to be grafted in him. It is likely that it
will be grafted at the site of
(a) atrioventricular bundle
(b) Purkinje system
(c) sinoatrial node
(d) atrioventricular node.

1 Answer

Answer :

(b) Purkinje system

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