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ATRIOVENTRICULAR TRUNK
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I. (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
Synonyms:
atrioventricular bundle; atrioventricular trunk; bundle of His; truncus atrioventricularis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("atrioventricular trunk" is a kind of...):
cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)
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