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PURKINJE FIBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Purkinje fiber" is a kind of...):
cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)
Holonyms ("Purkinje fiber" is a part of...):
Purkinje's system; Purkinje's tissue; Purkinje network (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)
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