HyperDic: purkinje_network

English > 1 sense of the expression Purkinje network:
NOUNbodyPurkinje network, Purkinje's tissue, 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 network: 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's tissue, 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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