ATRIOVENTRICULAR BUNDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atrioventricular bundle mean? 

• ATRIOVENTRICULAR BUNDLE (noun)
  The noun ATRIOVENTRICULAR BUNDLE has 1 sense:

1. a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract

  Familiarity information: ATRIOVENTRICULAR BUNDLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATRIOVENTRICULAR BUNDLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

atrioventricular bundle; atrioventricular trunk; bundle of His; truncus atrioventricularis

Hypernyms ("atrioventricular bundle" is a kind of...):

cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)

 Context examples 

A small mass of specialized cardiac muscle fibers, located near the ostium of the coronary sinus and giving rise to the atrioventricular bundle of the conduction system of the heart.

(Atrioventricular Node, NCI Thesaurus)