PURKINJE NETWORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Purkinje network mean? 

• PURKINJE NETWORK (noun)
  The noun PURKINJE NETWORK has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PURKINJE NETWORK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURKINJE NETWORK (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("Purkinje network" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "Purkinje network"):

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

 Context examples 

The agent decreases the flow of sodium ions into myocardial tissue, especially on the Purkinje network, during phase 0 of the action potential, thereby decreasing depolarization, automaticity and excitability.

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