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Definition of Bundle of his
1. Noun. A bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract.
Generic synonyms: Cardiac Muscle, Heart Muscle
Definition of Bundle of his
1. Noun. Specialized heart muscle cells that transmit electrical impulses from the AV node in the heart to the muscle cells of the heart wall, which contract in response producing the heart beat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Bundle of his
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bundle Of His
Literary usage of Bundle of his
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"The autopsy showed double aortic disease with a patch of sclerosis corresponding
to the position of the bundle of His. Microscopical study also showed ..."
2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1918)
"When the auricle contracts, because of the pace-maker, it sends its impulses down
the bundle of His in the intraventricular septum. ..."
3. Essentials of Physiology by Francis Arthur Bainbridge, James Acworth Menzies (1916)
"From this node, the impulse passes along the bundle of His to the ventricles.
The importance of the bundle of His is manifested by the effects which follow ..."
4. A Text-book of physiology by Isaac Ott (1913)
"4, Right division of the bundle of His. 5, The right branch of the bundle of His
breaks up into smaller strands which pass to the papillary muscles (4 and ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"existence of an obstructive lesion in one branch of the bundle of His. We have
seen that we can decide, by a study of the form of the electrical curve in a ..."
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