Purkinje fiber

American

noun

any of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers forming a network in the ventricular walls that conduct electric impulses responsible for the contractions of the ventricles.

Named after Jan Evangelista Purkinje ( Czech Purkyně ) (1787–1869), Czech physiologist, who discovered the fibers in 1839

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Purkinje fiber

How would the cardiac cycle be affected if neural signals were blocked within the Purkinje fiber?

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

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