Concept information
Preferred term
Bundle of His
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Atrioventricular Bundle
- Atrioventricular Bundles
- Bundle, Atrioventricular
- Bundle, Kent-His
- Bundles, Atrioventricular
- Kent His Bundle
- Kent-His Bundle
Scope note
- Small band of specialized CARDIAC MUSCLE fibers that originates in the ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE and extends into the membranous part of the interventricular septum. The bundle of His, consisting of the left and the right bundle branches, conducts the electrical impulses to the HEART VENTRICLES in generation of MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION.
History note
- 91(75); was see under HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM 1975-90
In other languages
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Finnish
-
eteis-kammiokimppu
-
fasciculus atrioventricularis
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His
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002036
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