Purkinje fiber

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.

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[After Johannes Evangelista von Purkinje (1787-1869), Bohemian physiologist.]

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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