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Purkinje myocyte

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Specialized cardiac myocyte that is subendocardially interspersed with the regular cardiac muscle cell. They are uninucleate cylindrical cells, associated end-to-end in long rows, continue from the node to the atrioventricular bundle; relatively short compared to ordinary myocytes but are nearly twice their diameter. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19939742 ]

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Purkinje myocyte

Synonyms
  • Purkinje cell fiber
  • Purkinje muscle cell
  • myocytus conducens cardiacus
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tmeehan

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2010-06-28T08:36:15Z

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