HyperDic: purkinje[s_tissue

English > 1 sense of the expression Purkinje's tissue:
NOUNbodyPurkinje's tissue, Purkinje network, Purkinje's systema network of Purkinje fibers that carry the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles of the heart and causes them to contract
English > Purkinje's tissue: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA network of Purkinje fibers that carry the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles of the heart and causes them to contract.
SynonymsPurkinje network, Purkinje's system
PartsPurkinje fiberA specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network
Broadercardiac muscle, heart muscleThe muscle tissue of the heart

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