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atrioventricular bundle

DEFINITIONS OF: atrioventricular bundle

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

Synonyms:
atrioventricular trunk, bundle of His, truncus atrioventricularis
Type of:
cardiac muscle, heart muscle
the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction
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