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bundle of His (hs)

n.

The bundle of cardiac muscle fibers that conducts the electrical impulses that regulate the heartbeat. Also called atrioventricular bundle.

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[After Wilhelm His,Jr. (1863-1934), Swiss physician.]

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bundle of His  (hs)

The bundle of cardiac muscle fibers that passes from the atrioventricular node to the interventricular septum and then the ventricles. It conducts the electrical impulses that regulate the heartbeat from the right atrium to the left and right ventricles. The bundle of His is named after its discoverer, German cardiologist Wilhelm His (1836-1934).

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Noun

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bundle of His - a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract atrioventricular bundle, atrioventricular trunk, truncus atrioventricularis cardiac muscle, heart muscle - the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction