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PURKINJE'S SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Purkinje's system mean?
• PURKINJE'S SYSTEM (noun)
The noun PURKINJE'S SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: PURKINJE'S SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
Purkinje's system; Purkinje's tissue; Purkinje network
Hypernyms ("Purkinje's system" is a kind of...):
cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)
Meronyms (parts of "Purkinje's system"):
Purkinje fiber (a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network)
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