purkinje's fibers
1Purkinje cells fibers etc. — Pur·kin·je cells, fibers, etc. (pər kinґje) [Jan Evangelista Purkinje, Czech physiologist, 1787–1869] see under cell, fiber, figure, network, phenomenon, system, and vesicle and see stratum purkinjense corticis cerebelli …
2Purkinje — is a name attributed to several biological features, so named for their discovery by Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně: *Purkinje cells, located in the cerebellum *Purkinje fibers, located in the heart *The visual Purkinje effect *Purkinje… …
3Purkinje's network — n a network of intracardiac conducting tissue made up of syncytial Purkinje fibers that lie in the myocardium and constitute the bundle of His and other conducting tracts which spread out from the sinoatrial node called also Purkinje s system,… …
4Purkinje fiber — n any of the modified cardiac muscle fibers with few nuclei, granulated central cytoplasm, and sparse peripheral striations that make up Purkinje s network …
5Purkinje fiber — n. [see PURKINJE CELL] any of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers forming a network that carries the electrical impulses controlling contraction of the ventricles …
6Purkinje fibers — Infobox Anatomy Name = Purkinje fibres Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Section of the heart showing the ventricular septum. Caption2 = The QRS complex is the large peak in the diagram at the bottom. System = MeshName = MeshNumber =… …
7Purkinje cell — Infobox neuron neuron name = Purkinje cell image neuron = PurkinjeCell.jpg caption neuron = Drawing of pigeon Purkinje cells (A) by Santiago Ramon y Cajal location = Cerebellum function = inhibitory projection neuron neurotranmitter = GABA… …
8Purkinje fiber — noun a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network • Hypernyms: ↑cardiac muscle, ↑heart muscle • Part Holonyms: ↑Purkinje network, ↑Purkinje s tissue, ↑Purkinje s system * * * noun …
9Purkinje afterimage — Pur·kin·je afterimage (.)pər kin jē n a second positive afterimage in a succession of visual afterimages resulting from a brief light stimulus and appearing most distinctly in a hue complementary to that of the original sensation Pur·ky·ne or… …
10Purkinje , Johannes Evangelista — (1787–1869) Czech physiologist Born at Libochovice (now in the Czech Republic), Purkinje began studying to be a priest but changed to medicine and graduated MD from Charles University, Prague, in 1819. He became professor of physiology and… …
