purkinje's tissue

1. 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

   SynonymsPurkinje networkPurkinje's system

   Broadercardiac muscle

   PartsPurkinje fiber

Questions about purkinje's tissue

What does purkinje's tissue mean?

purkinje's tissue means "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".

What is another word for purkinje's tissue?

Close synonyms include Purkinje network, Purkinje's system. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is purkinje's tissue a common word?

purkinje's tissue is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.