What's a Atrioventricular Bundle?

What's a Atrioventricular Bundle?

noun Anatomy. a bundle of specialized muscle fibers regulating the heartbeat by conducting impulses from the right atrium to the ventricles.

What is the function of atrioventricular bundle?

The bundle of His is a collection of heart muscle cells specialized for electrical conduction that transmits the electrical impulses from the AV node (located between the atria and the ventricles) to the point of the apex of the fascicular branches via the bundle branches.

What is the AV bundle also called?

atrioventricular trunk, bundle of His, truncus atrioventricularis.

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