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Descriptor English: Purkinje Fibers
Descriptor Spanish: Ramos Subendocárdicos
Descriptor ramos subendocárdicos
Entry term(s) fibra de Purkinje
fibras de Purkinje
Scope note: Fibras del músculo cardiaco modificadas que constituyen la porción terminal del sistema de conducción del miocardio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ramos Subendocárdicos
Descriptor French: Fibres de Purkinje
Entry term(s): Fibers, Purkinje
Purkinje Fiber
Tree number(s): A07.541.409.683
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011690
Scope note: Modified cardiac muscle fibers composing the terminal portion of the heart conduction system.
Annotation: in heart: do not confuse with PURKINJE CELLS in cerebellum; false tendons (free-running Purkinje fibers) go here but not with /abnorm
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM 1975-90
Online Note: search HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM 1968-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM 1975-90
DeCS ID: 12126
Unique ID: D011690
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1992/05/18
Purkinje Fibers - Preferred
Concept UI M0018172
Scope note Modified cardiac muscle fibers composing the terminal portion of the heart conduction system.
Preferred term Purkinje Fibers
Entry term(s) Fibers, Purkinje
Purkinje Fiber



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