Purkinje myocyte

Term ID

CL:0002068

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. 19939742

References

• BTO:0001032
• FMA:14146

Ontology

Cell Ontology