atrioventricular bundle


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atrioventricular bundle

n.
See bundle of His.
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a′trioventric′ular bun`dle


n.
a bundle of conducting muscle fibers in the heart leading from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles. Also called bundle of His.
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Noun1.atrioventricular bundle - a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contractatrioventricular bundle - a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
atrioventricular trunk, bundle of His, truncus atrioventricularis
cardiac muscle, heart muscle - the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction
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