Term Name: | Purkinje myocyte |
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Synonyms: | myocytus conducens cardiacus, Purkinje cell fiber, Purkinje muscle cell |
Definition: | 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. |
Ontology: | Cell Ontology [CL:0002068] |