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Purkinje's network — n a network of intracardiac conducting tissue made up of syncytial Purkinje fibers that lie in the myocardium and constitute the bundle of His and other conducting tracts which spread out from the sinoatrial node called also Purkinje s system,… … Medical dictionary
Purkinje fiber — noun a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network • Hypernyms: ↑cardiac muscle, ↑heart muscle • Part Holonyms: ↑Purkinje network, ↑Purkinje s tissue, ↑Purkinje s system * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
Purkinje's tissue — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Purkinje network, ↑Purkinje s system • Hypernyms: ↑cardiac muscle, ↑heart muscle •… … Useful english dictionary
purkinje's network — noun or purkinje s system or purkinje s tissue Usage: usually capitalized P : a network of intracardial conducting tissue made up of syncytial Purkinje fibers that lie in the myocardium and constitute the atrioventricular bundle and other… … Useful english dictionary
Purkinje network — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Purkinje s tissue, ↑Purkinje s system • Hypernyms: ↑cardiac muscle, ↑heart muscle • … Useful english dictionary
Purkinje cell — Infobox neuron neuron name = Purkinje cell image neuron = PurkinjeCell.jpg caption neuron = Drawing of pigeon Purkinje cells (A) by Santiago Ramon y Cajal location = Cerebellum function = inhibitory projection neuron neurotranmitter = GABA… … Wikipedia
Purkinje — Jan Evangelista Purkyně. Jan Evangelista Purkyně (* 17. Dezember 1787 in Libochovice bei Leitmeritz; † 28. Juli 1869 in Prag) war ein böhmischer Ordenslehrer, Physiologe und Pathologe, Politiker und – als Schüler – Sänger. Unter der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Purkinje effect — The Purkinje effect (sometimes called the Purkinje shift, or dark adaptation and named after the Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně) is the tendency for the peak sensitivity of the human eye to shift toward the blue end of the color spectrum … Wikipedia
Purkinje fibers — Infobox Anatomy Name = Purkinje fibres Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Section of the heart showing the ventricular septum. Caption2 = The QRS complex is the large peak in the diagram at the bottom. System = MeshName = MeshNumber =… … Wikipedia
system — 1. [TA] A consistent and complex whole made up of correlated and semiindependent parts. A complex of functionally related anatomic structures. 2. The entire organism seen as a complex organization of parts. 3. Any complex of structures… … Medical dictionary
