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Purkinje fiber Moderate

Purkinje fiber has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network

2

One of a group of fibers in the heart, consisting of specialized cardiomyocytes, that allow the heart's conduction system to create synchronized contractions of its ventricles and thus maintain a consistent rhythm.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cardiac muscle
Rhyming Words
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