Purkinje fiber
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Purkinje fiber
n.
One of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers, part of the impulse-conducting network of the heart, that rapidly transmit impulses from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles.
[After Johannes Evangelista von Purkinje (1787-1869), Bohemian physiologist.]
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Purkin′je fi`ber
n.
any of a network of impulse-conducting muscle fibers in the walls of the ventricles of the heart.
[after Jan Evangelista Purkinje (Czech Purkyně) (1787–1869), Czech physiologist, who discovered the fibers in 1839]
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Noun | 1. | Purkinje fiber - a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network cardiac muscle, heart muscle - the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction Purkinje network, Purkinje's system, Purkinje's tissue - a network of Purkinje fibers that carry the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles of the heart and causes them to contract |
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