ATRIOVENTRICULAR TRUNK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

atrioventricular bundle; atrioventricular trunk; bundle of His; truncus atrioventricularis

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("atrioventricular trunk" is a kind of...):

cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)

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