TRUNCUS ATRIOVENTRICULARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does truncus atrioventricularis mean? 

• TRUNCUS ATRIOVENTRICULARIS (noun)
  The noun TRUNCUS ATRIOVENTRICULARIS has 1 sense:

1. a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract

  Familiarity information: TRUNCUS ATRIOVENTRICULARIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUNCUS ATRIOVENTRICULARIS (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

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

atrioventricular bundle; atrioventricular trunk; bundle of His; truncus atrioventricularis

Hypernyms ("truncus atrioventricularis" is a kind of...):

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