purkinje : Idioms & Phrases

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jan evangelista purkinje

  • noun Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869)
    Jan Evangelista Purkinje; Purkinje.
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johannes evangelista purkinje

  • noun Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869)
    Jan Evangelista Purkinje; Purkinje.
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purkinje cell

  • noun a large densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex
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purkinje fiber

  • noun a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network
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purkinje network

  • noun a network of Purkinje fibers that carry the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles of the heart and causes them to contract
    Purkinje's system; Purkinje network.
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purkinje's cells

Pur"kin*je's cells`
Etymology
From J. E. Purkinje, their discoverer.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum.
Webster 1913

purkinje's system

  • noun a network of Purkinje fibers that carry the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles of the heart and causes them to contract
    Purkinje's system; Purkinje network.
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purkinje's tissue

  • noun a network of Purkinje fibers that carry the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles of the heart and causes them to contract
    Purkinje's system; Purkinje network.
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