Term Name: Purkinje myocyte
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]

Relationships
is a type of: specialized cardiac myocyte
has subtype: Purkinje myocyte of atrioventricular bundle Purkinje myocyte of atrioventricular node Purkinje myocyte of internodal tract Purkinje myocyte of interventricular septum