auriculoventricular
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of auriculoventricular
auriculo- (combining form of auricle ) + ventricular
Example Sentences
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In the region of the auriculoventricular junction it loses its compactness, the fibers divide, and the bundle seems to fork.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
Alternating periods of sinus rhythm and auriculoventricular rhythm 144 51.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
So far as we now know all cases of the Stokes-Adams syndrome are caused by heart block which is only another name for disease in the auriculoventricular bundle.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
These little irregular stimuli proceeding from the auricle reach the auriculoventricular node and are transmitted to the ventricle as rapidly as the ventricle is able to react.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
In the last few years it has been discovered that the auriculoventricular handle, or "bundle of His," has a necessary function of conductivity of auricular impulse to ventricular contraction.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
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