PURKINJE'S SYSTEM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Purkinje's system; Purkinje's tissue; Purkinje network

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("Purkinje's system" is a kind of...):

cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)

Meronyms (parts of "Purkinje's system"):

Purkinje fiber (a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network)

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