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noun
Specialized heart muscle cells that transmit electrical impulses from the AV node in the heart to the muscle cells of the heart wall, which contract in response producing the heart beat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: AV bundle, atrioventricular bundle, His bundle
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: atrioventricular bundle, atrioventricular trunk, truncus atrioventricularis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cardiac muscle, heart muscle
History
Named for Swiss cardiologist Wilhelm His, Jr., who discovered the function of these cells in 1893.
Across languages
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