The nurse is caring for a patient who is on a cardiac monitor.The nurse realizes that the sinus node is the pacemaker of the heart because it is
A) the fastest pacemaker cell in the heart.
B) the only pacemaker cell in the heart.
C) the only cell that does not affect the cardiac cycle.
D) located in the left side of the heart.
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