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Purkinje's system

Purkinje's system

7.9
A network of fibers in the heart that send signals to the lower chambers to make them contract
  • noun
  • /pərˈkɪnʤiːz ˈsɪstəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sistema de Purkinje
  • The Purkinje's system ensures each ventricle contracts efficiently during the cardiac cycle.

Examples

  • Abnormalities in the Purkinje's system can lead to serious heart rhythm disorders.

  • Doctors studied the Purkinje's system to understand the patient's irregular heartbeat.

  • The Purkinje's system plays a crucial role in heart function.

  • Doctors study Purkinje's systems to understand heart diseases.

  • Abnormalities in the Purkinje's system can lead to serious heart rhythm disorders.

  • The Purkinje's system ensures each ventricle contracts efficiently during the cardiac cycle.

  • Doctors studied the Purkinje's system to understand the patient's irregular heartbeat.

Synonyms

Purkinje network
vsPurkinje's system
  • Specialized
7.1

A network of special heart fibers that carry electrical signals to make the heart's lower chambers contract

is the same network but uses a different term
Purkinje's tissue
vsPurkinje's system
  • Specialized
9.0

A network of special heart fibers that carry electrical signals to make the lower heart chambers beat

has identical meaning but appears as another name
bundle of His
vsPurkinje's system
  • Specialized
6.5

A group of heart fibers that carry signals from the AV node to ventricles, making them contract

is a dispersed network rather than one single bundled pathway
atrioventricular bundle
vsPurkinje's system
  • Specialized
5.8

Muscle fibers in the heart that send electrical signals from the upper heart to lower chambers so they contract

is a wider network structure, not only a bundled group
truncus atrioventricularis
vsPurkinje's system
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of heart fibres that carry electrical signals from the heart's top to its lower chambers so they contract

is a network of finer branches rather than one major tract
atrioventricular trunk
vsPurkinje's system
  • Specialized
7.5

A bundle of heart fibers that carries the signal from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles to make them contract

is composed of many branching fibers, not a single trunk

Surface Forms

Purkinje's system singular
Purkinje's systems plural

Morphology

Purkinje's + system

This is an eponymic medical term: the constituent 'Purkinje's' is a proper name with no descriptive meaning for a general B1 learner, and 'system' only indicates a group of parts. Knowing the words does not reveal that it refers to a specific cardiac conduction network, so the overall meaning cannot be derived compositionally and requires specialist knowledge.

Etymology

Purkinje's system is named after a scientist called Purkinje who found a web of special fibers in the heart. This system acts like tiny wires that carry the heart's electric signal to the lower chambers, so it 'makes them contract'.